Part B

Full Faith & Credit-
I interpreted this part of the constitution to mean that each state of the United States of America can establish their own laws. Also that it is okay for other states to differ from of agree with the laws of another state. For gay marriage this basically means that a gay couple can go somewhere else and get married within the United States, if they can’t get married where they are at the time. Unless by some unanimous miraculous decision all of the states have the same laws on gay marriage then…they are SOL if the odds aren’t in their favor.

Supreme Law of the Land & No Religious Test-
The supreme law of the land is the constitution. In my opinion the no religious test can be good and bad. I believe that religion shouldn’t matter if the person has good values and wants the best for the USA. If religion was a big factor in electing president that may slant the way people see him. If the president was an atheist, and there were people in office that for their own personal reasons had something against atheist things could go wrong. By not including religion I think we avoid a huge trap. I think it is very significant to not include religion as a lens to view people in office.

Lethal Injection & Electric Chair. 8th Amendment-
Well lethal injection and the electric chair do sound like cruel and unusual punishments, but then again in America who follows the rules. Yes, the bill of rights is something that the government is supposed to follow but who knows. In the eyes of the government, it seems to look like nothing they do is wrong and bending something as powerful as the Bill of Rights is “ok” the government will do what they want, but come on guys can you at least try to hold the unlawful acts till we get to the double digit amendments? I think it has to do with the extent of crime done by the wrong do-er In my opinion this amendment can be one looked at in different ways, it’s possible that the government meant to say: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. UNLESS WE SAY SO”. Oh well.



The 4th Amendment contradicted by MTA and others-
This is a tough one, because I have no idea when the last time the Bill of Rights was updated. Back in the 1700’s I doubt they had as many thefts as we have now or even ½ as much of the crime we have now. It also depends on the particular person’s definition of “unlawful search”. It’s plain and simple, if you look suspicious then you get searched and depending on the cop or superior searching your possessions it could just be because of your skin color. It seems as though everything that is done today goes against some law or some amendment and unlawful searching just adds to the list of people not following the laws.