1-a. IN RE: Ramon Tulfo Facts: In Oct. 13‚ 1989‚ Tulfo wrote an article in his column in PDI ’On Target’ stating that the Supreme Court rendered an idiotic decision in legalizing checkpoints‚ and again on Oct. 16‚ 1989‚ where he called the Supreme Court stupid and "sangkatutak na mga bobo justices of the Philippine Supreme Court". Tulfo was required to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt. Tulfo said that he was just reacting emotionally because he had been a victim of harassmen
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Freedom of Speech Originally rap music has been around since 1926 and was not as popular back then as it is now. Teenagers to adults listen to an average of two point five (2.5) maybe three (3) hours of music per day. Study shown in 1 of 3 of the songs played contains explicit language and reference to drugs alcohol or women. Ice Cube’s album entitled ‘Death Certificate’ sends messages that bluntly and descriptively threatens violence against homosexuals‚ women‚ whites who exploit blacks‚ whites
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Freedom of Expression The First Amendment to the constitution guaranties freedom of expression. The framers of the Constitution believed this freedom was essential to a strong democracy. The intent and value that the founders saw as one important principal is the freedom of expression though speech because it allowed people the freedom to communicate freely in different ways. This essay will explain how freedom of expression has influenced the court system‚ media‚ and assembly. To cite an example
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As aforementioned‚ all past constitutions enacted in Fiji provided the right to Freedom of expression‚ the current operating instrument is no exception. At Section 17‚ it sets out the right to freedom of expression ‚ sadly‚ there seems to be a lack of protection for the and provisions to enforce these rights through the national courts as required under international law and standards can be deemed as lacking. It is evident that no right should be absolute but instead should be limited to the rights
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How does social media impact freedom of speech‚ privacy‚ journalism‚ politics and personal expression? Should governments restrict access to social media‚ the internet and communications? Social media is unique and extremely appealing to everyone form of social interaction‚ the first platform allowing “many to many” relations since the letters and telephone (they permit only one to one or one to many relation). According to the Clay Shirky: How social media can make history‚ (Shirky‚ C.) ‚ social
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Freedom of Speech With varying opinions and beliefs‚ our society needs to have unlimited freedom to speak about any and everything that concerns us in order to continually improve our society. Those free speech variables would be speech that creates a positive‚ and not negative‚ scenario in both long-terms and short-terms. Dictionary.com defines Freedom of Speech as‚ “the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference‚ subject to the laws against libel
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class graduates from high school‚ freedom is bestowed on the recent graduates as a reward for surviving thirteen years of school. The days of being locked in a high school‚ with almost every move being watched are over. For the purposes of this argument I will define "instant freedom" as any privilege that is earned without a graduated system‚ and I will define "progressive freedom" as any privilege that is earned through graduated stages. This "instant freedom" a graduate receives is different when
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Limited Freedom in College College is advertised as a place where you learn to grow up and become an independent adult. A place with a variety of freedom. All the perks seem to be there except the one that has followed us since elementary school‚ the freedom of class selection. It may seem that we get freedom of class selection but there is always that catch‚ General Education. The monster that has haunted us since the beginning of our education journey. If society wants to use college to treat
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essence of free speech; it is‚ as Orwell believed‚ the mother of all civil rights. Without the unconditional freedom to offend it cannot exist. Ideas are‚ more often than not‚ dangerous things. There is little point in having freedom of speech if it only defends the most popular and innocuous of opinions. The freedom to offend can perpetrate racial‚ social or religious intolerance; however‚ conversely‚ it is also the only means available to fight against such bigotry. Free speech is not something
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The First Amendment‚ Freedom of Speech could probably be considered one of the most powerful amendments of the Constitution. It is very important to distinguish the suitability of Freedom of Speech and its’ position under the First Amendment. The essay “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” presented by Derek Bok gives an example as to why this should be. In his essay Derek Bok responded to the presentation of the Confederate flag and the swastika by students at Harvard‚ with the expectation
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