The first amendment of the Bill of Rights to the constitution guarantees four freedoms: freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press and assembly. The Bill of Rights was passed on December 15‚ 1791. Since then‚ the freedoms have been debated‚ discussed‚ and fought and died for. Many have immigrated to America to receive those freedoms. The Founding Fathers knew what they were doing because they believed in power of ideas and debate‚ not censorship. The first amendment to the constitution is important because
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People want to be unified‚ but they don’t want to put in the work to unify themselves. Everybody wants great change‚ but won’t take the right steps to meet the requirements to get it. So the American dream is just that‚ a dream. Freedom is a dream many people have had since the foundation of this country. The form of freedom that we are shown is the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as they want without hindrance or restraint‚ but in all actuality the freedom most people have is not being enslaved
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The Bill of Rights How many rights do you have? You should check‚ because it might not be as many today as it was a few years ago‚ or even a few months ago. Some people I talk to are not concerned that police will execute a search warrant without knocking or that they set up roadblocks and stop and interrogate innocent citizens. They do not regard these as great infringements on their rights. But when you put current events together‚ there is information that may be surprising to people who have
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access to information that may be discussed inappropriately. 4. When an employee’s statement impedes others work performance. 5. When an employees performance come into play in conjunction with statements that have no foundation. 6. When the right to freedom of speech is used and it would violate personal loyalty or a confidence. B. The Forth Amendment addresses the need for individuals to have the private property and that no one can search through or take that property with out probable
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The Constitution is “a document designed to protect our freedom by imposing law on those who wield political power” (By Imposing Law on the Law-givers). It is the Supreme Law of the United States. The constitution consists of seven articles and has been amended twenty-seven times. The Constitution was signed by many delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention‚ one of them being Benjamin Franklin. Franklin played an important role in the founding of the Constitution and in the creation of our
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The criminal justice system realizes that inmates do have some rights‚ however it is also recognized that those inmates do have less rights than free citizens. Taking away some rights of the inmates is a valid punishment and by restricting these rights it helps in maintaining security in prisons. The title of the case that I chose was Wolff v. McDonnell. This case was very important because it uniformed certain rights and freedoms within correctional facilities. “Although inmates received some procedural
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Introduction The Revenue Cutter Service‚ a precursor of the modern United States Coast Guard was created by congress on August 4th‚ 1790. The Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton requested the creation of the armed seagoing service as a means to collect tariff revenue on both imports and exports. From humble beginnings‚ only ten small cutters were originally authorized‚ the Coast Guard has grown by incorporating numerous federal agencies with a varying mission sets. Today‚ the Coast Guard
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the rights of Americans. Through this amendment‚ many other rights have been established. Consider the Civil Rights movement and how African-Americans started with so few real rights and through speeches‚ gatherings‚ and protesting the government they achieved the rights that they have today. I will cover the different parts of the amendment and explain the rights they grant Americans. The freedom of speech is the most important right of this amendment and perhaps the most important right Americans
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as the catch-all defense to their right to carry any weapon that they can get their hands on (ex. assault rifles). In order to do this‚ these gun owners/sellers have hopelessly perverted the original intent of the 2nd Amendment and have expanded its guarantee of the right to “keep and bear arms” far beyond its original bounds. From its passage and until the late 20th century‚ the 2nd Amendment to the constitution was interpreted to protect the rights of states to maintain militias and for militiamen
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POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Poverty in the United States today has many faces. There’s the pleading face of a middle-aged man on a city street holding up a sign that says “Hungry‚ Need Help.” There’s the anxious face of a young child in a schoolroom somewhere‚ whose only real meal today will be a free school lunch. There’s the sad face of a single mother who doesn’t have enough money to buy clothes for her children. And there’s the frustrated face of a young man working at a minimum-wage job
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