The First Amendment guarantees “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or the press.” The freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion have been pillars of the United States and other Democratic nations who knew the need to have these rights guaranteed. This idea was a major element of the Enlightenment period‚ the thoughts of John Locke‚ Jean Rousseau‚ Montesquieu‚ and Voltaire would be incorporated
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The First Amendment-- the right to freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ petition‚ and assembly-- was included in the Constitution because the Founding Fathers wished to make it clear‚ to the people then and to the people of the future‚ what specific rights citizens were to have. The Founding Fathers wanted to assure the people that their basic rights would not be violated. This was important to the framers of the Constitution because they wanted people to be able to express themselves and to have
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Part Four The establishment of the First Amendment created a sense of change. The First Amendment clauses were different from the “Establishment” Clause‚ because the Establishment initially stated that no single church or set of beliefs can be predominate over others. While on the other had‚ the first Amendment allowed a right of free exercise of religion. This ultimately means that any religion has their right to be absolute. These clauses allow people to not feel forced into practicing
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1. The intended audience of Jacoby’s essay are both females and males. First off‚ the essay is intended for females because it highlights the inequalities that they face. Reading about how different Oprah’s life is compared to the Saudi women’s life makes them question why they cannot live a life like Oprah’s. Jacoby’s essay is also intended for males because‚ in a way‚ it confronts the way they treat women. In particular‚ the last paragraph seems geared more towards males by saying "the blessings
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In his essay‚ “A Desensitized Society Drenched in Sleaze‚ ” Jeff Jacoby argues that a sex and violence filled media has desensitized society by making extremely obscene actions almost a norm. According to Jacoby‚ entertainment through means of television‚ cinema‚ and music is so sex and violence drenched that this new generation we live in is accustomed to offensive behavior. Because of the boost of offensive actions in the media‚ people see such actions as normal to a point where we do not think
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The 1st Amendment is important in the constitution because it protects our rights such as; our freedom of speech‚ religion‚ speech‚ petition‚ etc. The 1st amendment (as stated in the constitution) “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This basically translates that
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First Amendment The First Amendment allows every American their freedom rights. “The First Amendment protects educators’ ability to exercise their judgment in accordance with professional standards and provides the latitude to create learning environments that effectively help young people acquire the knowledge and skills needed to become productive‚ self-sufficient‚ and contributing members of society” (Staff‚ N.). The First Amendment gives the teacher power and freedom to encourage the student
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certain rights. So they proposed the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments of the United States that list the individual rights of citizens. It was created to limit the government’s role on people’s civil liberties. Though many of the founding fathers opposed a Bill of Rights in fear of the federal government would have too much power. However‚
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Speech 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
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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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