Checkpoint: The First Amendment and Its Impact on Education Lillian Jenkins August 31‚ 2012 Tonya Torrez The First Amendment of the United States is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of laws respecting an establishment of religion‚ the exercise of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of press‚ right to peaceably assemble‚ or petitioning for a government redress of grievances. The five key educational issues related to the first amendment and the first one is separation
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Students in school should have the right to have privacy to prevent negative behavior‚ to stop violations of amendments‚ and to prevent bullying. It prevents negative behavior because if they don’t check their lockers than the parents won’t sue the school for violating their child’s property. It will stop violations of amendments because the amendments state that people can’t look through someone’s belongings unless for certain reasons. Also it can prevent bullying because if they have pads‚tampons
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The First Amendment in the United States’ Constitution has a great fundamental understanding of what American life should be‚ and shows the true intentions of our forefathers’ revolutionary ideas.The first amendment states that Congress may not interfere with the established rights that people have been given‚ one of which being the freedom of speech. The intent of the freedom of speech was that individuals could express their opinions and ideas without the fear of governmental censorship. The freedom
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The Second Amendment to the Constitution relates to the right to bear arms. Even so‚ many believe that without guns‚ there would be a huge reduction in homicides. Proponents of legalization of guns believe that people themselves are the problem. Guns should remain legal because it gives individuals the ability to protect themselves‚ their homes‚ and their families. Twice in the past two years‚ the gun control issue has reached the nation’s highest court. In July 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that
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country they should start from scratch. After the constitution was done‚ the writers noted that it was giving too much power to the government. To balance the government power and give more rights to the people‚ they decide to include ten first amendments to the constitution‚ those amendments were written to
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Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate individual performance of a student
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To understand the impact of Terry v. Ohio‚ I feel it is important to first review the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment was established so citizens would not have to suffer unreasonable search and seizures like they did under British Rule. The Amendment states the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation
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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 inevitably complain about the laws established
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The 14th Amendment was adopted on July 9‚ 1868‚ which addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. The 14th Amendment formed the bases for landmark decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954‚ which was regards to racial segregation. Roe v. Wade in 1973‚ in regards to abortion‚ and the most recent of 2015 was Obergefell v. Hodges‚ in regards to same sex marriage. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contains four sections. The first section guarantees citizenship
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The Eighteenth Amendment‚ or better known as the Prohibition Amendment‚ was the change to the Constitution that made the‚ "manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of intoxicating liquors within‚ the importation thereof into‚ or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purpose is hereby prohibited" (209). In other words‚ associating one ’s self with anything alcoholic‚ with the exception of medicinally‚ was illegal. This seemingly
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