The Bill of Rights is the first ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. James Madison‚ the fourth president of the United States is the predominant author of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was proposed to Congress in 1789‚ then it was ratified by the state’s legislature in 1791. The ten Amendments are an addition to guarantee people’s rights. Jeison Aristizábal is disabled and has worked to further the cause of disabled youth for 15 years. He has realized that
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The First Amendment protects the rights of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ and the right to petition the Government. These rights are some of the most important rights granted to Americans. Some may argue that the First Amendment is too protective of our rights. I tend to disagree; I think in order for our country to have a written explanation of what is or isn’t protected the First Amendment gets the points across precisely. The First Amendment grants Americans the ability
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The first amendment is a very important amendment to the five other amendments to the constitution. The five freedoms to the first amendment are freedom of Speech‚ freedom of Press‚ freedom of petition‚ freedom of Assembly‚ and the freedom of Religion. The two that are most important to me are freedom of Religion and freedom of speech. One of the 5 freedoms in the first amendment that are important to me is freedom of religion. I think people should get to have their own beliefs and worship who
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The first amendment states that there can’t be any law made that takes away the peoples right of speak and posting press on topics. This amendment is the reason you are able to protest and speak your mind on any subject. There are many things that this amendment protects your natural rights with‚ but as always there has to be boundaries. These boundaries are needed because without them other peoples natural rights might be getting taken away. Some people may believe that anyone should be able to
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The First Amendment in the United States’ Constitution has a great fundamental understanding of what American life should be‚ and shows the true intentions of our forefathers’ revolutionary ideas.The first amendment states that Congress may not interfere with the established rights that people have been given‚ one of which being the freedom of speech. The intent of the freedom of speech was that individuals could express their opinions and ideas without the fear of governmental censorship. The freedom
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Violation of the First Amendment Understanding how or why the Government has compromised our rights as citizens is vital information when living in the United States. Let’s take the First amendment for example; Freedom of Religion. The First amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion ...” But how far can our freedom go? Either if you are part of a religion or not. The Government can’t get involved with any religion party involving politics. What about the
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The freedom of speech section of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is our protection for practicing our religion as we believe are true to us. There are many cases to where the government have to override the court protecting public health and safety. In Psalm 55:21 “The words of his mouth were smoother than butter‚ but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil‚ yet were they drawn swords”. The words that we speak can have its effect on others and words can hurt and can cause
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The first and inarguably the most significant of the amendments to our Constitution is the First Amendment. The amendment that established our freedoms as citizens of our new confederation. The 1st Amendment insured‚ among other things‚ freedom of speech and of the press. The freedoms here are sometimes overlooked‚ and disrespected. The freedom of speech is shorted when it takes away from other rights that each citizen is already guaranteed‚ like for an example the right to privacy. Without this
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The Manuscript Collection of the First Lady Allison Cogdill History 202 November 6‚ 2008 Prof. Fairey Allison Cogdill First Ladies of the United States of America First Ladies have played both a private and public part in shaping this unique country. Many people tend to forget what vital role these women play in helping to run this country. There is a lack of resources dedicated to these women that helped change America from not only helping their husbands address speeches but to setting fashion
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The First Amendment guarantees “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or the press.” The freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion have been pillars of the United States and other Democratic nations who knew the need to have these rights guaranteed. This idea was a major element of the Enlightenment period‚ the thoughts of John Locke‚ Jean Rousseau‚ Montesquieu‚ and Voltaire would be incorporated
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