The First Amendment The first amendment of the United States Constitution states that Congress cannot institute a law that violates the freedoms of religion‚ speech‚ assembly and the freedom of the press. This First Amendment was adopted on December 15‚ 1791 and is one of the amendments to the b Bill of Rights. The creation of the first amendment was due to the tyranny of the British government who had suppressed free speech and the right to have public meetings. Many who came to America came on
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The first amendment: freedom of speech is violated with censorship. In the ALA Library Bill of Rights‚ parents‚ and only parents‚ have the right to prohibit or control what their children read. Freedom of expression and of opinion is for everyone‚ not just for the people that the majority thinks are right. In 1953‚ Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said‚ “Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could easily defeat
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The Fourth Amendment was introduced into the Constitution of the United States as a part of the Bill of Rights on September 5‚ 1789. It was a direct response to the abuse of the writ of assistance‚ which was a type of general search warrant used by the government during the American Revolution. (LAWS) The amendment was ratified on December 15‚ 1791. The Fourth Amendment reads: The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures
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The First Amendment is thought by many to be the most important of the Amendments. Under the First Amendment freedom various types of expression are protected. Just like a house of cards will topple if a card is removed‚ if one right of the amendment is removed‚ other rights will soon topple. For this reason many believe all parts of the First Amendment must be protect at all costs. In this essay‚ several different ideas will be discussed concerning the First Amendment. The first paragraph will
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As we discussed and read about this week in our class‚ the topic of the US Budget and how‚ why and what should we do about it has become a topic with many views and opinions. The United States of America currently holds over 16 Trillion dollars in debt based on our governments spending practices for the last ten years. Two wars‚ numerous fiscal collapses and cliffs‚ a bubble popped housing market‚ looming medical care costs from a socialized healthcare law and a recession have caused the government
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In this weeks module I learned about the eighth amendment and what it entails in this country. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail‚ excessive fines‚ or cruel and unusual punishments. That being said the founding fathers set this right into the Bill of Rights because of the cruel punishments the king of England had set in place in Great Britain. To live back then was crazy. The king could sentence you to execution without
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First Amendment Paper The First Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is our rights as citizens living in the United States of America. In this paper I will look at three provisions to the First Amendment‚ highlighting one case for each provision. Included are one case to discuss freedom of speech‚ one case to discuss separation of church and state and one case to discuss freedom of association. 1.) Discuss at least one Supreme Court case of significance related to three
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article of the Constitution is devoted to the process by which amendments are proposed and adopted. This article is extremely important‚ as it allows the Constitution to stand the test of time. Without the amendment process‚ it is unlikely that the Constitution would have lasted as long as it has. Under the Articles of Confederation it was much harder to pass any amendments; as a result of this the Constitution includes two separate ways in which amendments can be proposed. The Articles of Confederation
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Define and discuss the purpose of the 14th and 15th Amendments? How successful were these Amendments? Specifically‚ address the safety of African Americans during the reconstruction? How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South for future decades? Volume I‚ Chapter 12‚ pages 299-323 & Chapter 13‚ pages 324 -345 The Fourteenth Amendment changed the Constitution by compelling states to accept their residents as citizens and to guarantee that their rights as citizens would be safeguarded
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"The fourth amendment of the Unified Conditions of America constitution peruses as takes after; The privilege of the general population to be secure in their people‚ houses‚ papers‚ and impacts‚ against outlandish quests and seizures‚ might not be disregarded‚ and no warrants should issue‚ but rather upon reasonable justification‚ bolstered by Vow or attestation‚ and especially portraying the place to be sought‚ and the people or things to be seized." It produced results on December fifteenth 1791
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