Within Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander talks about the Fourth Amendment‚ which warrants against unreasonable search and seizure‚ which is rarely mentioned today. I then realized that the problem now is that we are not told about our civil rights and liberties‚ which results in our loss of agency and power. This especially happens to more disenfranchised groups such as African Americans and Latinos‚ in addition to other racial and ethnic groups deemed “suspicious”. To those who believe
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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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Virginia Mwangi Name of institution Subject name September 24‚ 2011 Eating habits In a nutshell‚ I can describe the change in my eating habits since I joined college as transference from one distinct end of a continuum to the other. This is because they changed from healthy to unhealthy‚ regular to irregular and from eating in plentitude to small meals. The paucity of my pocket was partially responsible for the shift from plenty to minimal. With the little allowances my mom gave
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The Patriot Act has caused a significant amount of controversy ever since it was passed by President Bush in 2001. Two different arguments have come about and many people feel very strongly about their respective opinions. Although there are many positives to The Patriot Act it should not be legal and is ultimatley unconstitutional. The Patriot Act should not be allowed because it completley violates the innocent Americans privacy. The main argument government officials make is that Americans need
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enacted the Patriot Act‚ largely expanding the governments reach in national security. The Department of Justice’s first responsibility is to prevent future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Since the attacks on September 11th‚ the Patriot Act has played a tremendous role in our government‚ often being the leading role in successful operations to protect innocent civilians from the plans of terrorists. Basically the Congress took laws that were already laws and modified them into the Patriot Act to make
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The First Amendment guarantees every American’s right to the free exchange of ideas‚ beliefs‚ and political debate. The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law… 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" (National Archives and Records Administration 2001). We have the right of freedom of speech and by definition‚ this means that we have “the right
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Ever since 1690‚ when the first paper money was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ paper money has been constantly changing. Throughout the history of the United States paper money‚ the United States has gone through different types of currency. The different types of currency ranged from State Bank Notes to Gold Certificates to National Bank Notes to Silver Certificates to Federal Reserve Bank Notes‚ and now ending with Federal Reserve Notes. However‚ in the mean time counterfeit money had
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The Evolution of the First Amendment The first 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.(encyclopedia) The inhabitants of the North American colonies did not have a legal right to express opposition to the British government that ruled them. Nonetheless
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The first amendment is about freedom of speech for all; the press included. This amendment is against prohibiting people from their free exercise of their religion. The first amendment can and have been violated; therefore lawsuits occur but is the amendment enough to win a case? The first 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
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of American history. At different points in time‚ the balance and boundaries between the national and state government have changed substantially. In the twentieth century‚ the role of the national government expanded dramatically‚ and it continues to expand in the twenty-first century. Dual Federalism (1789–1945) Dual federalism describes the nature of federalism for the first 150 years of the American republic‚ roughly 1789 through World War II. The Constitution outlined provisions for two types
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