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    There is so many things of what it means to be a American. It involves Americans having there freedoms and their rights. I believe being a American is something that is a privlage to have then just something that everyone who lives in the United States have. Being American is even something that can be counted as a blessing‚       One of the ways of how it means to be American is having freedom. It is one of the most known things about America is out freedom. What is means to have freedom is we

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    Cantwell V. Connecticut  One of the freedoms protected by law in the United States is the right to choose and speak about one’s religious beliefs. The first amendment of the U.S Constitution protects this freedom by preventing congress from passing any laws that prohibit‚ or ban‚ the “Free exercise” of religion. This portion of the first amendment is called the free exercise clause. This is a very important and beneficial right to everyone. This essay will illustrate how the Cantwell V. Connecticut

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    Welfare Vs Common Welfare

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    protecting our natural rights. There is controversy‚ on some issues‚ whether the common welfare‚ the whole country‚ is more significant than the individual rights of the people. However‚ one simply cannot be more vital since they correspond with each other. The definition of common welfare is what is in the best interests of everyone in the country while natural rights are the right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence states that the original thirteen

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    The United States Constitution is a very important piece of document for the American people and especially immigrants. There are many reasons for this‚ but the main one is that the Constitution gives freedom to people who enter America. These freedoms are not in many other countries and that’s why immigrants flee to America to pursue the American Dream. Our Constitution is still relevant today because of two things: Freedom of Speech‚ and Freedom of Religion. The first reason why the Constitution

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    First Amendment Importance

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    The First Amendment of the United States of Constitution 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.” The Supreme Court interprets the extent of the protection afforded to these rights. The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire

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    criminals that observe the right to the fifth may not ever had been protected if the amendment was not ever ratified. The Fifth Amendment‚ along with the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights‚ was adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21‚ 1789. The Fifth Amendment and the entire Constitution and the beginning of the Bill of Rights‚ was written by several of the Delegates of the Philadelphia Convention. The process set out in the Constitution and Bill of Rights for its ratification provided

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    Summary Gun Control San Diego In the Bill of Rights‚ the Second Amendment to the Constitution reads: 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. Gun control proponents have argued and some federal courts have ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply to individual citizens of the United States but only to members of militias‚ which‚ they assert‚ are now the state National Guard units. In 2002‚ a

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    much more than living in the United States. As Americans one of the privileges that we have is

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    exam 5 study questions

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    individual rights recognized by government first appear in a legal charter? What charter? 73 - Those specific individual rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution and cannot be denied to citizens by government. Most of these rights are in the first 10 amendments to the Constitution‚ known as the Bill of Rights. The original English legal charter‚ the Magna Carta of 1215. 2. How are civil liberties different from civil rights? 73 - Civil liberties may be distinguished from civil rights (sometimes

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    Founding Fathers

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    choices that the founding fathers made shaped our government into what it is today and still affect our lives. The founding fathers made decisions like the decision to declare independence‚ create a constitution‚ amend that constitution with a bill of rights and another 17 amendments‚ and change the system of government that we were using. The constitution that they made is still used today. The founding fathers decided to break free from the British by creating the Declaration of Independence

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