two things: Blood and the Constitution. America is currently at war‚ fighting for our freedom. But what use is that if our Constitution‚ the very thing that grants us freedom‚ is no longer valid? Only five weeks after the September 11 attacks congress passed an act granting greater judicial power to information gathering agencies. The Patriot act‚ passed October 26 2001(New York Times)‚ strips americans of their basic human rights as defined by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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which freedom that guaranteed me in the First amendment to the Constitution. I will also discuss about the significance of the Bill of Rights‚ and the process for amending the constitution. The amendment which guaranteed freedom to me in the First Amendment to the Constitution personally is the Amendment 1. Amendment 1 states that I am guaranteed my right of freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion‚ peaceable assembly‚ and petition. This amendment here first of all offers a variety of freedoms for
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2nd Amendment The Second Amendment is one of the most debated Amendments at this time in our country. In the U.S. Constitution the Second Amendment is stated that “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.” The second amendment to the US constitution was written by James Madison‚ who became a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was presented to the House of Representatives
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The Constitution was first written in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The Constitution has twenty-seven amendments and the first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote these amendments to prohibit certain governmental powers and protect individual people’s freedom. The first Amendment of the Bill of Rights states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or
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The First Amendment and Supreme Court Decisions Humeer Bader HIS/301 April 23‚ 2013 Charles Ward The First Amendment and Supreme Court Decisions By week number 3 of History 301‚ it has been established that the United States Constitution is th supreme law of the land and that it essentially instruct how the U.S. government should operate. Specifically‚ Article V of the U.S. Constitution details the amendment process and how an amendment may become part of the constitution (Patteson) Furthermore
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homosexuality in the United States. Last year the U.S‚ Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protects these groups and any others who want to protest at a funeral. The First Amendment was written with a specific purpose and I have to agree with it‚ however I feel that a person being laid to rest should also have the right to have this done in peace‚ without another person or group forcing their religion upon the proceedings. The First Amendment was written into our Constitution because our founding
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already are allowed to pray in schools‚ therefore we can assume the founding fathers would not mind this change. Reason 2- National prayer allows for people to express their true feelings. Reason 3- Freedom of speech- The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference Reason 4- In the Pledge of Allegiance it says “Under God” and I find that acceptable because the founding fathers put that as a
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Abraham Lincoln once said‚ “Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained‚ for it is the only safeguard of our liberties” (Shmoop.com). On September 17th‚ 1787 the signing of Constitution of the United States of America took place. The members of the Constitutional Convention met to create a strong‚ centralized government after the dissatisfaction of the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution created a government made by the people‚ for the people‚ which includes
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cause so much harm and controversy that it’d be better off censored and restricted? On the other hand‚ how could something that is considered a civil liberty and right under the U.S. Constitution be denied? Speech restrictions should not be allowed because they violate the first amendment of the United States Constitution and threaten democracy. Many would agree that free speech is a right that we should all be allowed the liberty to exercise without the growing interference of speech restrictions
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the BIll of Rights‚ we have freedom of religion or the freedom of no religion. The first amendment in the Bill of Rights states that the citizens of the United States have the right to freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press (print)‚ assembly‚ and petition of the government. However‚ we should not make it illegal to mention God at all. According to the Constitution of the United States‚ all the citizens of the United States have the right to mention God. The government mentions God a lot. God is mentioned
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