Johnny Norights Argumentative Essay
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U4A2- NoRightsville
(20 points possible)
Read through the story below. Then re-read the story and use the highlighting tool in Word (or equivalent program) to find violations of rights protected by the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments (there will be 10). On the blanks below, write the number of the Amendment that has been violated and what right within that Amendment was violated. You will receive 1 point for correctly highlighting each amendment violation and 1 additional point for a correct explanation on the blanks below.
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, and Johnny Norights was enjoying a nice nap. I should mention that Johnny Norights was really supposed to be working on his IDLA Government course. Johnny didn’t …show more content…
This certainly didn’t seem fair, and it was at this point that Johnny started to regret having skipped out on that lecture about the Constitution his teacher had given. There was probably some good stuff in there that could help him out. And he really was not a fan of the color orange, especially after the first 3 years.
Unexpectedly, one day Johnny was hauled by his jailors into the court room and put on the witness stand. He was being tried for walking without a permit and was forced to give testimony about that sunny Tuesday afternoon ten years ago. Office MacMoron was there as well, and after the Officer’s testimony, Judge Cruelio sentenced Johnny to 10 more years of hard labor. That seemed a pretty stiff sentence, Johnny thought, but the Judge must know what’s fair.
The next ten years went by cruelly and unusually, but once his time was served Johnny was released. He was 20 years older and NoRightsville looked a little older, but not much different. Ironically it was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, so Johnny decided he’d go for a walk. He passed by a sign stating “Vote President Simmons November 4th. A 4th Term on the 4th!” Apparently this character had gone on to become President. Johnny looked at his watch, which had been returned to him when he was released, and noticed that it was the
U4A2- NoRightsville
(20 points possible)
Read through the story below. Then re-read the story and use the highlighting tool in Word (or equivalent program) to find violations of rights protected by the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments (there will be 10). On the blanks below, write the number of the Amendment that has been violated and what right within that Amendment was violated. You will receive 1 point for correctly highlighting each amendment violation and 1 additional point for a correct explanation on the blanks below.
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, and Johnny Norights was enjoying a nice nap. I should mention that Johnny Norights was really supposed to be working on his IDLA Government course. Johnny didn’t …show more content…
This certainly didn’t seem fair, and it was at this point that Johnny started to regret having skipped out on that lecture about the Constitution his teacher had given. There was probably some good stuff in there that could help him out. And he really was not a fan of the color orange, especially after the first 3 years.
Unexpectedly, one day Johnny was hauled by his jailors into the court room and put on the witness stand. He was being tried for walking without a permit and was forced to give testimony about that sunny Tuesday afternoon ten years ago. Office MacMoron was there as well, and after the Officer’s testimony, Judge Cruelio sentenced Johnny to 10 more years of hard labor. That seemed a pretty stiff sentence, Johnny thought, but the Judge must know what’s fair.
The next ten years went by cruelly and unusually, but once his time was served Johnny was released. He was 20 years older and NoRightsville looked a little older, but not much different. Ironically it was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, so Johnny decided he’d go for a walk. He passed by a sign stating “Vote President Simmons November 4th. A 4th Term on the 4th!” Apparently this character had gone on to become President. Johnny looked at his watch, which had been returned to him when he was released, and noticed that it was the