Which U.S. constitutional amendment is important and why?

......would you please stop making debates that are more like essay prompts?

i dunno...

wasnt the Bill of Rights an amendment? i say that. other than that, no clue. i'll get bac kto you in two years when i'll be studying US politics.

The 1st ten ammendments are called the bill of rights.

They are all important, it is why america is the great super-country it is today.

ah well i pick all of them then



lets not get over whelmed now

mind you it kicks britains ass, so what the hell

i think britian kicks ours.
i like it better.
i wanna go there..

come visit...

yeah but i've lived in both... tkae it from me... america kicks as.. i hate british weather and people.

really.

i guess that the 13th... because that freed the slaves.

is that right?

yes!

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this topic aint ging anywhere, why not close it

yea.. thats because its not really debate-able...

actually it would be if somebody chose a different amendment other than the one somebody thinks is important and that would be a debate.

I plead the 5th.

freedom of speech. most definitely. because without them, we woulnd't have the right to speak our mind. basically, the world would be run by the government entirely and nobody could express their opinions.

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ah, your right, but i think that would be stupid, but here comes the debate part.

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I think he's asking us to do his homework for him.

My sister has to do the same exact thing for school.

I told her I think it goes between the first and the second. Without the freedom of speech, you can't protest, and without the freedom to bear arms, you can't fight the government if they become oppressive.

but she didn't listen and she chose the one that made everyone equal.

^ i don't think that amendment works very well, so that would be last choice. (the one she chose)

i'm going to say the 26th.

the 1st amendment, because without that we wouldnt be any better than a monarchy, dictatorship, or the commies

The 10th Amendment, because all of our rights ultimately derive from it. Any other amendment only protects one specific right. The 10th amendment protects all of our rights.

If only the government didn't ignore it so much...

the 5th because privacy is a serious issue.

for the sake of debate, i disagree with everyone who did not select either the first or second. without the first or second amendment, you can't have any of the other amendments.

the 26th is much more important.

for it expanded suffurage to 18 year olds.

very important there.

The First and the Fourthteen.

As for why, they speak for themselves.

I disagree. The ninth and tenth amendments cover all the rest. Especially the tenth amendment. A strict interpretation of the tenth amendment could, by itself, preserve the rule of law, since the government would only be allowed to do things that are written in the Constitution, and extralegal spending operations and violations of civil liberties would be not allowed.

The fact that all rights not delegated to the federal government are rights of the states is the most important...?

The 4th I guess because without it, the government could spy on us, like in the book 1984. I think that's the book I'm thinking about..

Yes.

If the Constitution didn't grant a power to the Fed Government, it cannot have it. This means that there is a restriction in gaining more power, prevent a powerful central government, something that the Founding Fathers fear. James Madisons said this means there wouldn't be a NATIONAL constitution/government, just a FEDERAL one. There is a difference. Imagine that the US Government has no limitations set, no restraints as to what powers it can/cannot have...

Well, let's disqualify the First, Second, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth, and see where it goes from there...

(You already know it'll move to women's suffrage, etc etc.)

This topic isn't really debate-worthy. Move it to the homework forum.

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tried that, it got moved back..