The First Amendment is all about your rights and how these are used in the world today. The "clear and present danger" test is a basic principle for deciding the limits of free speech. It was set by the famous Schenck v. the United States case from World War I. Anti War activist Charles Schenck was arrested for sending leaflets to prospective army draftees encouraging them to ignore their draft notices. The United States claimed that Schenck threatened national security‚ and the justices agreed.
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Argumentative essay The second amendment has been the one of the most controversial topic in 2018. First the second amendment‚ what is it? Well‚ the second amendment states that people have the right to bear arms. But should we now with shootings that have happened? Sure people think that the second amendment shouldn’t get be repealed because they need the guns to protect themselves‚ owning a gun is within the canon of natural rights or if the second amendment has been there for this long why
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though under the First Amendment we have the freedom of speech‚ there are limitations to this freedom. One of the types of speech that is restricted and not protected that the author of the textbook mentions is speech that incites “a criminal act‚ ‘fighting words‚’ and genuine threats” (page 124). This means that if anyone is to say or publish anything that calls for an act of violence and/or any other type of criminal activity‚ it is not protected under the First Amendment. Restricting speech that
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The Era is an amendment that is connected to the 1848 women’s suffrage movement in which they were trying to fight for equal rights. The Era is meant it help them achieve their dream of gender equality by specifically stating in the constitution that all women have equal rights under the U.S constitution. In relation to the 14th amendment the Era addresses the issue of equality but unlike the 14th amendment it specifically addresses the inequality between both genders. I am in favor of the Era because
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first 10 of 27 Amendments of the Constitution were put in place to satisfy the individuals who were afraid of an overpowering government. These Amendments explained the limitation of power that the government had. The 8th Amendment of the Constitution prohibits government from applying excessive bails‚ excessive fines imposed‚ and cruel and unusual punishments. Cruel and unusual punishment presumes to be the most controversial portion of this amendment. This portion of the amendment means “…punishment
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to today’s times include: mouthwash‚ cosmetics‚ cleaning products‚ and personal hygiene products. In the year 1919‚ the United States created the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). The prohibition was an amendment that prohibited the production‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In the year of 1933‚ the 18th Amendment was repealed‚ or removed‚ and the production‚ transportation‚ and sale of alcoholic beverages was made legal again. The United States repealed the Prohibition
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say looking through social media pages to detain or punish people violates the 4th amendment which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. And others say getting people in trouble for what they post on social media violates their 1st amendment rites of freedom of speech. There was a court case called Morse v. Frederick about the 1st amendment which ruled that the 1st amendment does not prevent educators from suppressing students promoting illegal drug use at or near the school. I think there
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First Amendment‚ is arguably considered one of the most significant aspect of the United States (U.S.) Constitution. It guarantees basic rights and privileges that were often overlooked in other countries during the time of its ratification (1789). Therefore‚ the First Amendment is widely studied because of its content and what it promises‚ its purpose and the events that led to its ratification‚ how it impacts the United States today‚ and recent court rulings concerning this amendment. The First
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America would be much different if the Bill of Rights was not in the Constitution to protect the rights of the citizens. Amendment nine gives a lot of rights to the citizens in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment protects the rights of the citizens that are not listed in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights. The ninth amendment in the Bill of Rights says‚ "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
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In my opinion‚ I believe that the 4th amendment is both good and bad depending on the circumstances. Sometimes there are people who blatantly have drugs that the cops can’t frisk off until they have the warrant. By the time the police get the warrant‚ said suspect could have already gotten rid of the drugs. However‚ this also works the other way. Sometimes‚ the police search other people that they have false evidence on. Then this innocent person gets searched and it makes the searched person look
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