Under the Constitution of the United States‚ the First Amendment guarantees one to the right for Freedom of Speech‚ Press‚ Assembly‚ and Religion. This amendment states “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” (U.S. Constitution Online‚ n.d.‚ ). This amendment entitles
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grievances”(First Amendment: Farish). Unfortunately it is through much turmoil‚ persecution and oppression when a people with a great vision for the common good rise up out of the ashes of tyranny. This vision is the same vision our forefathers incarnated and shared over two hundred years ago when we declared our independence from Mother Britain. Therefore freedom of speech should remain our first constitutional right without limitation regardless of circumstance. The Preamble states “We the People
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When the Constitution of the United States was originally created‚ it did not contain a Bill of Rights. In the Constitutional Convention‚ the Federalists argued that the Bill of Rights was not necessary. Opposingly‚ the Anti-Federalists argued that the central government had too much power and that our Constitution needed a Bill of Rights that would explicitly state the rights of the citizens. In order to settle disputes between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists that claimed the government had
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violence of the United States government that is called for by those organizations." He was tried and convicted by the Federal District Court‚ and has challenged the constitutionality of this Act on the grounds that it violates his First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech as protected by the United States Constitution. The United States Patriot Act of 2003 makes it a crime to "further the aims of known terrorist organizations by advocating the violence against the United States government that
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Many people may not know their rights as they are set forth in the Constitution. For those who do know all of their rights‚ many have not experienced the feeling of the government telling them that they cannot speak their mind. This is covered by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It is the freedom of speech. There has been at least one major case where a rap group was ultimately censored by the federal government. Henry Louis Gates Jr. depicts a few aspects of this case with
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Different Languages in the US The United States has many different languages‚ but the most common by far is English‚ although other languages such as Spanish and French are also quite common. According to the CIA World Factbook‚ on a census taken in 2000: 82.1% of Americans speak English 10.7% of Americans speak Spanish 3.8% of Americans speak another Indo-European language (www.cia.gov) These results can be slightly surprising since the assumption by many Americans would be that there are
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situations . When there is cyberbullying happening ‚ the cyberbully can definitely argue the first amendment‚ if it becomes a case. The first amendment says that‚ [“Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech.”] This is a good argument ‚ for the cyberbully.The victim also has the constitution on their side as well . The ninth amendment says that ‚[”The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”].
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backlash it has created. Advertisement First and foremost nothing he disclosed has threatened a single American soldier’s life or given radical terrorists any more of a target than we as the aggressor (nation) have not already done for ourselves. Secondly‚ for those of you who are bent on assigning him traitor status you should remember your oaths as military men‚ and if you are not or have never been military you really need a refresher on the Constitution. The military man has an oath that starts
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ourselves as we see fit – is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution…” as stated from the text‚ Schools and Censorship: Banned Books. A recent banning of books for having age inappropriate content has been debated‚ but books should not be banned because children will eventually be exposed to the content‚ children need to learn they’re history‚ and children are being deprived the right to representation‚ as stated in the Constitution. Therefore‚ it is illegal to ban books from
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120 L.EDd. 2d 467 (1992) United States Supreme Court 2. Summary of Key Facts A. Deborah Weisman graduated
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