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    What are the best freedoms in the first amendment? I know the first amendment has many great freedoms. For example freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to petition the government. Theses freedoms are the best because it gives people the right t exercise their beliefs and express themselves. Freedom of speech is amazing because people can feel like they have the power to speak their minds about anything they want. Freedom of press is amazing because citizens of a country can get informed

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    Suelin Qu The First Amendment “The First Amendment is the freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion‚ assembly ‚ and petition. This may be the most revered of the Amendment’s. The First Amendment protects our rights to say and write out opinions‚ worship how we please‚ assemble together peacefully‚ and petition our government‚ if we feel the need.” In my opinion‚ The First Amendment plays a big part in our country. The First Amendment supports and backs up the unique freedom everyone is supposed to have

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    Who knows the First Amendment by heart? Word for word? [Rhetorical Question] I did not and I still do not. I just know that the First Amendment gives us the right to express ourselves‚ at the right time and place. School should be a safe place where students‚ like us‚ can come and feel free to learn and share our opinions without any disruptions or negative comments. If such things are executed in class‚ it should and will call for suspension. But I am not saying that our rights are taken away when

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    The United States Constitution was created on September 17‚ 1787 as the supreme law of the land. This document outlines the ten amendments which guarantee certain rights that American citizens will always have. One of these freedoms and possibly the most important is the right to keep and bear arms. As written in the Constitution‚ “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” (U.S. Constitution).

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    The First Amendment guarantees “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or the press.” The freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion have been pillars of the United States and other Democratic nations who knew the need to have these rights guaranteed. This idea was a major element of the Enlightenment period‚ the thoughts of John Locke‚ Jean Rousseau‚ Montesquieu‚ and Voltaire would be incorporated

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    The Second Amendment to the constitution which grants citizens the right to bear arms with vague restrictions has become a topic of conversation throughout the years. Many people use this amendment to justify their vile behaviors while in possession of a firearm. The founding fathers created the second amendment to guarantee citizens protection from dangerous events such as slave revolts and Native American uprisings. Today‚ many people twist the second amendment to fit their own agendas of owning

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    If taken literally‚ one can simply state the 2nd amendment in the bill of rights as their answer. There is indisputably no better way to protect something valuable to you than to obtain a weapon and fight for it; that is what America has been doing since its conception. However‚ in modern society‚ we cannot just do that‚ there are rules in place to prevent that‚ but those are exactly what allow us to establish and preserve the freedom of the American population in its entirety. Although people

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    Discussion 5 The Equal Rights Amendment The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are granted citizenship‚ which included slaves. Additionally‚ the 14th Amendment declares that states cannot deny any person “life‚ liberty or property‚ without due process of law” and that a state could not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This amendment basically outlined who is a citizen of the United States

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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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