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    Doctrine and the First Amendment There are many individuals and groups alike that choose to express their disdain for certain actions‚ laws‚ and behaviors through the use of Freedom of Speech. The First Amendment has been cited by many protesters when demonstrating that it is their right to Freedom of expression. Freedom of Expression is powerful enough that sometimes words do not have to be spoken for a message to be conveyed. However‚ not all acts are protected by the First Amendment. For example‚

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    to the states‚ by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. During the case of Barron v. Baltimore‚ the U.S. Supreme Court expressed that the Bill of Rights implemented to the government‚ but not to the states. Some claimed that the creator of the 14th Amendment intention had been to reverse this particular precedent. This Amendment is one of the reconstruction Amendment‚ and was adopted in 1868. The fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause forbids local and state governments

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    The Second Amendment promotes hunting. By giving people access to guns‚ they are able to use them for many things‚ one being killing innocent animals for entertainment. Although some people say they need food‚ going to the grocery store would cost less than a rifle. When hunting occurs‚ animal populations decrease. Similarly‚ a plethora of animal species have become extinct and endangered due to the overkilling of them for small parts of their body‚ like the ivory of elephant tusks. With less animals

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    A Different Perspective on the Law The United States has had an effective law enforcement system for hundreds of years‚ which has revolutionized itself starting with the implication of the Constitution to the lawless west and effectively to where it is today. The American criminal justice system has many branches and occupations‚ all of which focus on a common goal of keeping our nation as safe as possible. In the following paragraphs‚ I will discuss an interview with a San Diego Police Officer

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    Controversial Womanhood in Japanese Art The Japanese woman has been characterized in a diverse set of ways by many scholars of Asian Studies. Through an analysis of Japan’s artistic creations expressed in the visual and literary arts‚ a basis for characterizing Japanese women emerges. Several interpreters of the nature of Japanese women during the Heian period (794-1185) have come to different conclusions about how the identity of Japanese women should be defined. The conclusions made are based

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    When I think about the dreams of the founders I think about the amendments. These amendments represented their core beliefs. When I think about that I look at society and think how well have the amendments been followed. In a sense most of the amendments have been followed well‚ but in the last 20 or 30 years that has been declining rapidly. The 1st amendment‚ probably the easiest to follow is being silently fought. Now it may not be illegal to say something but by the time you say it you might

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    Hunting is an extremely controversial topic in the U.S. There are many people that support hunting and think that it is an acceptable thing to do. There are also many people who are strongly opposed to hunting and think that it should be banned. Both groups of people have very good reasons to support their belief. For example‚ people that are against hunting say that hunting is bad for the environment because many animals are getting killed. Some hunters will kill an animal and not even eat the

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    second amendment protects one of the most important rights that an American has‚ which is the right to keep and bear arms. However despite the second amendment clearly stating that “... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” we the people are constantly under the threat of having one of our essential and fundamental rights stripped from us by authoritarian leftists who continually minimize the rights of Americans. The original purpose of the second amendment and why

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    Without the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution‚ America would be a very different place. The framers of the United States Constitution anticipated the necessity of an amendment that would protect citizens from a government that would potentially overstep its boundaries. The Fourth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights as one of the guarantees afforded to all citizens protecting rights to privacy and illegal search and seizure. In today’s society with the new technologies for surveillance

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    14th‚ and 15th amendments in hopes that it would assimilate African Americans into society (Byington‚ 2016). Even though the 13th Amendment is less applicable to later controversies than its counterparts‚ the 13th Amendment has the greatest impact on post-Civil War America. It abolished slavery‚ influenced the economy‚ and it began the progress of what would become the civil rights movement in America. One of the main causes of the Civil War was slavery‚ which the 13th amendment ended. Before the

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