Iria Vasquez-Paez
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I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.
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Article 5
The 5th Amendment is how everybody who is a U.S. citizen can be entitled to a trial by jury. U.S. citizens cannot be compelled to be a witness against their own person, nor can they be held without probable cause because a jury has to be present in order to make a proper conviction. Grand juries come from British common law, designed to protect people from prosecution by the religious monarchy. Grand juries occur when there are 12 to 23 people on it. The 5th Amendment is all about our nation’s laws as to how to deal with criminals or other forms of wrongdoing.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
The Fourth Amendment
The 4th Amendment to the Constitution is about freedom from random arrests that do not make sense. Nobody can go into your home without a search warrant. The text is: “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things be seized.” The right to privacy without government intrusion is what this amendment is about. A person’s home is their castle. Some circumstances, however, if there is criminal activity, demand that the search is conducted.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
Article 3
This archaic amendment was added to the Constitution during the American Revolutionary War when soldiers were quartered in a home without the owner’s consent. James Madison originally introduced this amendment in 1789 as a part of the United States Bill of Rights, partly as an outgrowth of backlash from Anti-Federalist groups opposed to the Constitution’s draft. The amendment was proposed on September 28, 1789, and finally accepted by the legislature on December 15, 1791. This amendment was a response to British Parliament rules on quartering soldiers, which frustrated the early colonials to no end.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
The Second Amendment
The Second Amendment is a tough one to wrap our modern brains around, only because it means that the actual law doe not allow people to own guns, despite this being a self-defense situation for those who do own guns. I don’t know much about guns, given that I live in California, but I would like to learn about them for the sake of knowing something about a gun and how it works. The Second Amendment reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
Rights of the First Amendment
There are a number of countries where freedom of assembly is not allowed, like China. In the United States, we are lucky we get to live in a country that doesn’t have a national religion established, although some Christians seem to feel the national religion is supposed to be whatever version of Christianity they believe in. This Amendment was adopted into the Bill of Rights in 1791. Freedom of religion is the very foundation the United States established by the Founding Fathers, although in some cases like cults, the government has to intervene if people are put in awkward or dangerous positions.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
What Is a Bill?
A bill is a piece of legislation that is passed through Congress and voted on. Bills are introduced in the House by putting a piece of paper in a wooden box called a hopper while in the Senate the bill is placed on the desk of a presiding Senator. Then the House Clerk’s office gives the bill an assigned number, adding the committees of referral, then processing the paper as well as electronic versions. The bill then becomes available online as well. Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
The Constitution
The Constitution as we know it today first sprang into being September 17th, 1787. It was ratified June 21st, 1788. This document is what the United States knows as law, having been amended 27 times. The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. Congress consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is what has the power to impeach the entire current administration. It takes great courage to do this, which is why nobody has acted yet. Eventually, there will be an act done but the rest of us have to hang on for now. I’m writing this article because I want to go to law school, and, hopefully, somebody who can write a recommendation will find it.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
Separation of Church and State
The United States has always been the first country to be about the separation of Church and State. Thomas Jefferson used the term “wall of separation between church and state,” in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. This means that the State is supposed to stay out of the church’s business. Yes, Christianity is the religion of our heritage, but the entire point of keeping Church and State separate is to maintain objectivity. While the Founding Fathers were Christian, they feared a state religion taking over the country. They really did demand a separation of Church and State.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in The Swamp
My T-Shirt Business
I have three sample shirts, “Denial is not Just a River in Africa,” “Don’t Give Me Shit About My Meds,” and “Sober!!” I’m debating what shirts to make next. I need to get the “Sin Vergüenza” T-shirt going, or perhaps “Bill Wilson Sent Me.” I’m interested in making t-shirts to sell on my Etsy store but my bank is going to shut down my business account on January 30 if I don’t make extra money to put in that account. I’m looking for a steady paying job, and to publish my writing somewhere, as well as write articles. This is one way I have to generate funds. My t-shirt business is supposed to make sales on the Etsy store. I’m going to try to do this when I make extra income from a part-time work from home online job.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Styled
How You Can Injure Yourself in Yoga
Yoga is a thousand year or more discipline 30 million people on this planet have gotten into. (Dr. Axe: 9 Common Poses Most Likely to Trigger Yoga Injuries, Plus How to Overcome & Avoid Them) However, it is easy to get injured while doing yoga, and this article is about why. I injured myself by pivoting my foot the wrong way while doing a left lunge. That movement caused me to fracture my tibia at the knee. Low calcium did not help the situation as I wasn’t on a calcium supplement at the time, which made me often wonder why I felt tired when I worked out a lot—tired instead of energized, that is. I also dislocated my entire kneecap in that movement. I pivoted my foot to the left. I really shouldn’t have done that.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Longevity
Yoga's Many Benefits
I discovered yoga in 2007 while in college getting my BA in creative writing. I was looking for a way to manage stress. I wanted to find something that would help me relax. Yoga’s breathing techniques are what does that. Managing the breath is why people practice yoga, to begin with. Yoga poses are only held upright if you breathe into it. There are different types of yoga for different purposes. Yoga can help manage pain issues as well. Yoga helps the practitioner build an awareness of your body as well as how your mind affects that body of yours.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Longevity
The Innocent Shall Not Be Harmed
If the innocent do not deserve harm, then I have been harmed one too many times all through school by bullies, as well as by my family. Innocent people should not be subjected to harm, but many times the bad guy needs to harm people. The bad guy truly means the innocent harm in most stories. I didn’t have my diabetes treated in time and I wound up near death in a diabetic coma. I've had my family force me to overdose on insulin in the first and only time I have ever passed out.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Psyche
