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    part of the constitution to me is the first amendment. I believe the biggest issue in this country with the constitution occurs in the First amendment. With the flood of social media‚ harassment and bullying are being taking to new heights. While political correctness may be a relatively new concept‚ Freedom of Speech is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. While we fight to maintain our nation’s freedoms‚ sometimes it seems as though the First Amendment causes great harm within the country

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    The First Amendment in the United States’ Constitution has a great fundamental understanding of what American life should be‚ and shows the true intentions of our forefathers’ revolutionary ideas.The first amendment states that Congress may not interfere with the established rights that people have been given‚ one of which being the freedom of speech. The intent of the freedom of speech was that individuals could express their opinions and ideas without the fear of governmental censorship. The freedom

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    Not only one of America’s Founding Fathers‚ Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s most influential human beings. Most people recognize him as the face of a hundred dollar bill or the elementary school lesson of his kite in a storm discovering electricity. He was a scientist‚ an inventor‚ a printer‚ a philosopher‚ a musician‚ an economist‚ and of course a statesman. With his tremendous intellectual gifts‚ Franklin introduced devices to society that benefited America as a whole. Franklin’s most famous

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    The Founding Fathers of Psychology PS210 Kaplan University Professor‚ Nichola Cohan Jaclyn Gosciak July 1‚ 2013 In this paper‚ I will discuss psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus and his contributions to the psychology field. Which then I will evaluate his contributions and explain their importance to psychology today. Ebbinghaus is well known for his discovery of the forgetting curve. Ebbingahus has made several other significant contributions to psychology

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    even though under the First Amendment we have the freedom of speech‚ there are limitations to this freedom. One of the types of speech that is restricted and not protected that the author of the textbook mentions is speech that incites “a criminal act‚ ‘fighting words‚’ and genuine threats” (page 124). This means that if anyone is to say or publish anything that calls for an act of violence and/or any other type of criminal activity‚ it is not protected under the First Amendment. Restricting speech

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    Massachusetts to founder of the Boston Committee of Correspondences‚ he never stepped aside and allowed a tyrant to control his life‚ making him one of the most influential founding fathers. Born on September twenty seventh‚ 1772 in Boston Massachusetts Adams was always right in the thick of the conflicts Americans dealt with. His Father‚ Samuel Adams Sr.‚ was a successful

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    Essential Restrictions on the First Amendment Limitations on freedoms of society are crucial‚ especially in America. As Roger Rosenblatt noted in his essay‚ “We Are Free to Be You‚ Me‚ Stupid and Dead‚” many people express their freedom of speech in very offensive and controversial ways. Often their expressions violate other amendments and freedoms as well. A few examples given by Rosenblatt included acts of freedom of speech performed by professional sports players. Many believe these were

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    a prisoner all the days of your life.” The First‚ Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendments shows that everyone has the freedom to do what they please up to a current exactest. ‚ no one can be denied their rights as citizen‚ and everyone could vote without having person or a state take the right away from someone. Amendments I‚ XII‚ XIV‚ and XV show equality because they give everyone the right to vote regardless of gender and skin

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    The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights. An amendment is an addition to the constitution that lists rights given to the people of the United States. Without these amendments many freedoms would be restricted and citizens would lack certain rights that promote a better life. The first amendment gives the right to the freedoms of religion‚ speech‚ the press‚ assembly and the right to petition the government. The right to freedom means that we may worship freely and believe in any religion

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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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