Essays on Akhil

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For a long time in the history of the world, women were never allowed to participate in shaping the histories of democracy .They were classified as minors whose main activities were confined to family affairs. Men dominated the political arena where conventions formed the basis of constitutional amendments. They protested against Slavery from the colonialist until they gained freedom. Women felt that they also needed to voice their opinions against being undermined by men. Scholars argue that the history of women suffrage could be traced to the periods of antislavery. The struggle started when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an ardent abolitionist ...

The Bill of Rights Who Needs It?

Akhil Reed Amar, (1998), a leading constitutional scholar reminds us that states rights were an issue of our national politics “older than the Union itself.” The separate and distinct English colonies in the New World laid the foundation for the argument for states’ rights that in turn set the stage for the creation of the Bill of Rights. But in the 1780s no states yet existed and the power of individuals was heard the Constitutional Conventions held in each colony. Here it is argued that the Bill of Rights was necessary as an amendment to the Constitution in order to ...

Civil Liberties in the Bill of Rights Evolution of Civil Liberties Throughout time, civil liberties contained within the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution have evolved throughout years of scrutiny by the Supreme Court through the assessment of several cases. While civil liberties including the freedom of religion, speech, right against unlawful searches and seizures and the like have remained standing throughout time, new interpretations have nevertheless emerged from the Supreme Court. Among the most compelling developments introduced by the Supreme Court as part of existing civil liberties is the doctrine of ...