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    at that time thought were the causes of the Plague and the effect of that understanding of the Plague. Jean de Venette was probably an educated and rich person as literacy wasky only starting to become popular amongst wealthy laypeople in early 14th Century and yet he was able to write a Chronicle and record history at that time. As his name suggested‚ he is from Venette‚ a city in France. He is most likely to be from a city when he wrote this source. This passage is a primary source as it was

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    Coalition‚ 2002 reenergizes many issues related to the First Amendment and free speech. The focus of the aforementioned case is the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA). There is a contention as to the courts and legislature’s handling of virtual child pornography and whether it garners the same treatment– banned – as traditional child pornography. All sides of the issue consequently address the scope of the First Amendment‚ and Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court where he

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    Relevant First Amendment Issues: The issues raised in this case that are relevant to the first amendment involve the freedom of expression‚ copyright‚ and the fair use doctrine: The Copyright Clause and the First Amendment foster creativity and freedom of expression. Ideally‚ these two parts of the Constitution work hand in hand to ensure greater artistic‚ technological and ·scientific advancement. But oftentimes‚ particularly in the age of the Internet‚ and modem technology‚ copyright and

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    or things to be seized.” This is how the 4th Amendment in the Constitution is stated. This amendment means the police cannot search your house without a warrant or probable cause. It offers protection to the people from unlawful searches and seizures. Without the Fourth Amendment‚ the American people would have no privacy and that any soldier‚ government official‚ and law enforcement official‚ could enter people’s homes whenever they pleased

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    the 13th and 15th amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth amendment paved way for equal

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    The First Amendment allows for the freedom of the press‚ and presents a shield of protection for journalists. It also gives the public their rights to the truth‚ and the journalist’s freedom to seek and report the truth. However‚ corporate business interests can often conflict with the use of the First Amendment and affect a journalist’s ethical commitment to it. This is portrayed in All the President’s Men‚ Shattered Glass‚ and Absence of Malice. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights‚ U.S.

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    The nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920‚ giving all women the right to vote. This amendment was the result of over two generations of women’s protests and hard work. The nineteenth Amendment was officially ratified on August 18‚ 1920‚ but it was introduced to Congress 42 years earlier‚ in 1878. This amendment guaranteed that all women who were citizens of the United States could not be denied or restricted from voting based on their gender. Many thought that this right was implied in the fourteenth

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    first ten amendments to the U.S constitution. The purpose of The Bill of Rights is to protect individual liberties. This document was created September 25‚ 1789 and was then ratified on December 15‚ 1791. This took two years after being created to be put in the government’s records. This document added certain safeguards of democracy. This provided personal freedoms as well as personal rights. The author of The Bill of Rights is James Madison. I will be discussing the 1st amendment ‚ the first

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    rights of students into consideration. Furthermore‚ an issue that stands out amongst students is the First Amendment; the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion and peaceful protest. With each situation that comes up in which a student’s rights are questioned‚ one must consider if students are protected by the First Amendment as regular citizens. Students are protected by the First Amendment to a degree; because they are in an environment of heightened security and focus on safety‚ there are situations

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    In The second amendment is a recipe for police killings Michael Wood explains how the Second amendment is a danger to police officers. Wood used the shootings in Baton Rouge as an example of how the Second amendment‚ which grants Americans the right to be armed‚ is a threat to police officers due to the easy access everyone has to all different types of weapons‚ guns especially. Anyone can simply walk into a store and purchase a gun‚ of course there is a process you are required to go through before

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