The U.S. Constitution
Assignment Instructions: 1. Look at the text of The U.S. Constitution found in the appendix of your book, and find and read the first 10 amendments (also known as the Bill of Rights) as well as the 14th amendment. Relate a personal experience under which you exercised a Constitutional right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. 8-10 sentences
2.The textbook gives some space to James Madison and Alexander Hamilton and their influence on the writing of the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. Madison wrote the Federalist Paper No. 10
Links to an external site. Please revisit that part of the text or follow the link to the paper and read it yourself. Please also search \’Hamilton\’ using the Open Stax search tool in the textbook to re-read sections on his life. After considering the history, explain one of Madison\’s political ideas and also an aspect of Hamilton\’s personal life that you found interesting. Write a minimum of one 4-6 sentence paragraph.
3. The 10th amendment reads “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Constitution does not specifically give the federal government the power to regulate abortion, but the Constitution does specify that citizens of one state are entitled to enjoy the rights of other states. The question is this: The question is this: Should states allow for legal recreational marijuana use even though federal law currently holds marijuana to be illegal?
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