What is the First Amendment? The First Amendment is the first official change to the Constitution of the United States of America. It protects your basic rights such as the freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of press‚ and freedom to petition. Before the Constitution was signed‚ each new states’ representatives agreed that if they sign it a section would be added to protect citizens’ basic rights. These first ten changes are called the Bill of Rights‚ each of the
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Music Censorship: A Violation of Artistic Expression Brandi Yaeger University of Phoenix What if you were told that you could no longer listen to your favorite song anymore because the message that it sends does not conform to someone else’s way of thinking? What reasons are given for the censoring of music‚ or why have musicians been tortured‚ jailed‚ exiled or even killed? Why have certain forms of music been silenced? Music is an expression of ideas and emotions that reflect hopes‚ dreams
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The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights: The first amendment‚ established on December 15‚1791 by James Madison is one out of the ten amendments in the bill of rights. This was First Amendment to the U.S constitution but some call it “Amendment 1”. The first amendment gives the right to freedom of religion. This prevents the government from establishing one religion for the whole country‚ allowing anyone to choose their own religion. It also gives us something called freedom of speech and
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Censorship of Children’s Literature – An argument against Some of the greatest novels for children and young adults are under attack. Due to what some deem as “inappropriate” language or certain topics‚ countless books have either been censored or banned entirely from schools and libraries. This is not just something that happens abroad‚ but in America as well. That’s right. America. This is home where freedom of speech is one of our oldest and most highly held ideals. An all too common pastime
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The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were proposed to assure the fears of Anti-Federalist who had opposed Constitutional ratification. The Bill of Rights guaranteed a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. Firstly‚ the Bill of Rights is successful in assuring the adoption of the Constitution.
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that the First Amendment (freedoms of speech‚ press‚ religion‚ petition‚ and assembly) is the most important constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights. This is because the first amendment serves as an enabler of the discussion of other ideas‚ including the other constitutional amendments themselves without fear of negative consequence(s) from the government; most of the amendments‚ at least in the Bill of Rights‚ have controversy surrounding them; for example‚ the Fifth Amendment allows the
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9‚ 2012 The First Ten Amendments The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution‚ or the Bill of Rights‚ were adopted in 1791. These amendments were added to the Constitution to protect the rights and liberties of an individual. I. Freedom of Speech‚ Press‚ Religion and Petition Cammack 2 As an individual‚ I had never before thought about what the Bill of rights meant to me. I cannot recall a time where I have had to exercise my rights. When I thought about the First Amendment‚ I automatically
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First Amendment rights to freedom of speech are regulated in various ways in many different variations of institutions. For instance‚ public school administrations have broad standards created by the Supreme Court to use when there is a need to suppress student speech believed too distracting‚ offensive‚ presenting a harmful image for the school‚ or even promoting illegal drug use. Though broad‚ a few cases do provide guidance when looking at student speech‚ and how there are times when the regulation
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April 2014 Student Rights: Violation versus Preservation Censorship is “Suppression of information‚ ideas‚ or artistic expression by anyone” (Haiman). For example‚ Socrates was a philosopher in Ancient Athens; who was executed for teaching the young people of his time ideas that the government did not condone (Haiman). Although censorship began in Ancient Athens‚ it still exist today‚ partially in schools. Students have First Amendment Rights in public schools‚ but those rights are limited. There
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In most cases‚ the government can not enter my dwelling without a warrant. The Founding Fathers created the Bill of Rights to protect the American people from their own government. One specific amendment‚ the Fourth Amendment‚ requires the federal government to get a warrant‚ signed by a judge‚ stating the area being searched‚ the person they are searching‚ or what they are going to search. There have been various occasions where the Fourth Amendment’s been brought up in court. Some of them include
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