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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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    progressively negative and people have begun to push the boundaries of the First Amendment rule while asking the

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    The constitution is very important‚ without the constitution there will be no rules. The Bill of Rights informs Americans the rights and wrongs of being an American.The three amendments I think is the most important are the first amendment freedom of speech and religion‚ second the right to bear arms‚ and also The fourth The right of the people to be secure in their persons. The constitution has a document called the bill of rights which states the those right are equal amongst the citizens of

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    The First Amendment protects the rights of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ and the right to petition the Government. These rights are some of the most important rights granted to Americans. Some may argue that the First Amendment is too protective of our rights. I tend to disagree; I think in order for our country to have a written explanation of what is or isn’t protected the First Amendment gets the points across precisely. The First Amendment grants Americans the ability

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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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    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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    Although there is a fair share of people that are offended by some of today’s music‚ the First Amendment rights shouldn’t be taken away. Some alternatives that could be considered are disclaimers. Disclaimers could be presented at the beginning of each song or video so the listener would have the opportunity to change the song or channel.  According to the First Amendment‚ artists should be protected by the freedom of speech which by law should protect the artist from any censorship. For example

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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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    The First and Second Amendment When the Constitution was written‚ it was not the intent of the authors to assure human rights to its citizenry‚ it was written in order to set up a federal government that would allow the United States to be a self-governing entity‚ and to put in place a system of government that would serve the citizens of the country in the way that they saw fit. After the ratification of the Constitution in 1787‚ “people soon began to notice that it did not list many of

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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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