homosexuality freedoms‚ especially within the military. To express their feelings the Westboro Church and its people sometimes picket military funerals in hopes that their voices will be heard. In 2006 Albert Snyder’s son who was a Lance Corporal for the United States Marine Corps was killed in the line of the duty during his time in Iraq. Matthew Snyder was killed in Anbar‚ Iraq when he was the gunner on a Humvee that ended up rolling after hitting something. The Westboro Church decided that they would picket
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The Bill of Rights holds 27 Amendments that are all very beneficial to how our country works and makes decisions. Altering or taking away these amendments could be detrimental to our country’s well-being and take away our basic rights as American citizens. Adding new amendments may be beneficial because of the constant change in our country that needs adapting to and guidelines with ways to manage the new changes. An amendment likely to be made in the future after Mr. Donald Trump’s term(s) might
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April 7th 2003 a divided United States Supreme Court opened the possibility of constitutionally restricting certain types of hate speech. The court was to hear a case that spoke to one specific Virginia state statute that prohibited cross burning with the intent to intimidate‚ and also rendered that any such burning shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate a person or group. This court would see this statute being used between two separate cases. The first case was against Barry Black;
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be discussing the following: the evolving role of state and federal government in U.S. education‚ the church /state debate in public education as while as the laws and cases that had an impact on U.S. education. The state and the federal government have different roles in U.S education. The state is responsible for the department of education‚ curriculum‚ and the funding. However‚ the state provides funding to public schools throughout each state to benefit the children education‚ staff members
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for three days‚ and his name would be removed from the list of the speakers at the graduation exercises. Fraser ’s father brought action against the school board in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He alleged the suspension and punishment were a violation of his son ’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The father sought injunctive and monetary damages under 42 U.S.C. of 1983. The district court awarded the student $278 in damages‚ $12‚750 in litigation
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anything. But people who break these laws can be tried here‚ by our courts. All of this is in contrast to legislatures whose power is legally constrained‚ usually by a written constitution. In the United States‚ for instance‚ free speech is famously protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution‚ which says
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COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 491 U.S. 397 Texas v. Johnson CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS No. 88-155 Argued: March 21‚ 1989 --- Decided: June 21‚ 1989 JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. After publicly burning an American flag as a means of political protest‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was convicted of desecrating a flag in violation of Texas law. This case presents the question whether his conviction is consistent with the First Amendment. We hold that
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Arlene’s Flowers) who cited her right under the First Amendment to religious freedom. Arlene’s Flowers was one of the first businesses to be heavily fined for violating Washington’s new anti-discrimination law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race‚ gender‚ disability‚ or sexual orientation. Arlene‚ the owner of Arlene’s flowers
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One very important role of the government is to protect the country and make its citizens feel safe through different policies and regulations. The Constitution provides the rules for liberty and justice. There have been many attempts to shorten certain freedoms of the internet for the American public. The Internet‚ a technological masterpiece‚ has been the subject of great controversy according to a professional by the name of Brian Leatherman. Since technological increases have given rise to the
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biggest shake-ups happened in museums all over the world recently that would have made Michelangelo and DiVinchi’s hair stand on end. In the Constitution of the United States‚ the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech‚ religion‚ press‚ the right to assemble and to petition the government; the Ninth Amendment says‚ "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people". So it seems one cannot use any of the other rights
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