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    attitudes‚ and ethics. A highly well-known right given to American’s is the freedom of speech which stems from the first amendment. This prohibits the government from creating any laws that could stop the people from exercising their feelings‚ or speaking their thoughts. American’s deserve the right to share their opinions as well as criticize our government. The first amendment is often seen as our most important right as American’s. In some countries‚ citizens are not allowed to criticize or

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    The First Amendment is the protector of our country’s voice and strong opinion. In 1791‚ the Bill of Rights was officially ratified by the required majority of the states. James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights to inform the government and the people of the new country what they can and cannot do. There were originally twenty-seven amendments created‚ although only ten of these were ratified to be in the official Bill of Rights. The First Amendment is extremely relevant to today’s society because

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    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 the United States. The first amendment states congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

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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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    assertions‚there is little evidence to support this.It can infringe upon the First Amendment right‚it can discourage children to learn about personal responsibility‚and there has been a decrease number of cyberbullying. Initially‚it can violate the First Amendment right.According to the article‚” Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch ‘Cyberbullies’”‚the author states that “Implicit within the text of the First Amendment is the right to

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    for the First. Although a very respected female journalist‚ Susan Jacoby was labeled as a "First Amendment junkie" by many other women for her personal views concerning the censorship of pornography in society. Ultimately‚ she believed that censorship of any kind against pornography was wrong. Feminists were infuriated that another female acknowledged pornography ’s right to exist. Susan Jacoby did not necessarily agree with pornography‚ but she felt that its rights guaranteed under the First Amendment

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    The first commandment of the Bible‚ "thou shalt have no other gods before me;" the first Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (The Bible‚ Exodus 20:1–1‚ Constitution). In America‚ many argue the country’s Amendments were originally based on the Ten Commandments but immediately both the first commandment and first Amendment are not in line with each other. Roy S. Moore of the Alabama

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    The First Amendment Freedom is being breached all over the U.S and most of it is being taken away from the press. Sure the Patriot Act is killing everyone’s privacy in secrecy all over the US‚ but journalists and reporters are being put in jail right and left. The government has infringed on their rights in a way that should not be with the first amendment. It seems like the more people let the government do‚ the more steps the government takes to take first amendment rights from people. For

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    The Constitution of the United States has twenty-seven amendments and out of those twenty-seven‚ I believe the first amendment is the most important. The first amendment protects your most basic needs. The first amendment consist of freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of press‚ and freedom to ask the government to right their wrongs. The freedom of speech allows a person to say what they think within reason. When speaking your opinion‚ you should be careful not slander

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    The first amendment in the US constitution states that Congress shall “make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting thereof.” A metaphoric wall has always existed between the church and state‚ according to Thomas Jefferson in 1947 (McCarthy‚ Martha).That wall has been in the center of many court cases in the Supreme Court linked to public schools. The public school setting has always been a major area of controversy concerning the separation of church and state. Albeit with

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