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    101 16 October 2012 How Have Cell Phones Changed Society What would you do without your cellphone? Most people wouldn’t know what to do. Cell phones are a part of almost everybody’s life‚ but it never used to always be like that. If people wanted to get in touch with you back then‚ they left messages with your office or on your machine (SHC). Cell phones have changed the society we live in today. When investigating how cell phones have changed society‚ one must consider how it changes people‚ businesses

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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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    In my criminal justice classes‚ I learned that there are many amendments that protects citizens when they are arrested. After September 11‚ and the terrorist attacked‚ President Bush passed the Patriot Act. Many people were unhappy because it allows police officers and federal agents to invade our privacy. Many laws passed into effect and all the police departments started to share information with ICE‚ FBI and other federal agencies‚ nationwide and locally. Many people do not know their rights

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    “If the First Amendment means anything‚ it means that a state has no business telling a man‚ sitting alone in his house‚ what books he may read or what films he may watch.” Thurgood Marshall MCCARTHYISM‚ THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND AMERICAN LITERATURE: ARTHUR MILLER - A CASE STUDY INTRODUCTION Over time we have watched the method of literary expression evolve from a traditional manner using predictable formats and ideas to a more modern and creative flow of opinions‚ morals and feelings. Through

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    The first amendment states that there can’t be any law made that takes away the peoples right of speak and posting press on topics. This amendment is the reason you are able to protest and speak your mind on any subject. There are many things that this amendment protects your natural rights with‚ but as always there has to be boundaries. These boundaries are needed because without them other peoples natural rights might be getting taken away. Some people may believe that anyone should be able to

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    The First Amendment has been and still is the most important amendment. The First Amendment gives freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ and petition which limits government and guarantees freedom. Without these fundamental rights‚ America would not be the "land of the free." Without a doubt‚ there is something significant in each and every one of the articles of the Bill of Rights. Together they make a strong foundation to the American Constitution. However‚ if we didn’t have one of the other Nine

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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 First Amendment-- the right to freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ petition‚ and assembly-- was included in the Constitution because the Founding Fathers wished to make it clear‚ to the people then and to the people of the future‚ what specific rights citizens were to have. The Founding Fathers wanted to assure the people that their basic rights would not be violated. This was important to the framers of the Constitution because they wanted people to be able to express themselves and to have

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    The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech‚ the press‚ assembly‚ and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. What is symbolic speech‚ and is it protected by the First Amendment?“Symbolic speech consists of nonverbal‚ nonwritten forms of communication‚ such as flagburning” (Khan‚ n.d.). Most forms of symbolic speech are protected by the First Amendment. There

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    of dictatorship upon freedoms permitted in most democracies today. Throughout the novel Josef K. undergoes a number of violations of basic principles of law. The 4th and 6th Amendments are the first to be violated when he is arrested and the guards have no reason for doing so. In the conclusion of the novel Josef’s 8th Amendment is also violated when he is executed. There is an overuse of power in the novel by anyone who hold the least bit of authority. These rights guarantee a free and democratic

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