very powerful but cannot be overly abused. Over time the freedom of speech has been constricted. There are many court cases that display the limitation of free speech. Environmental factors and certain materials are not covered in free speech. To understand our rights and know how and when our rights are limited‚ we must
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intended to protect the personal freedoms of its citizens‚ and protect society from censorship in most instances‚ by providing that‚ “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press‚…” By using the term abridging‚ the authors of the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights let it be known that the citizens would not have their freedom of speech or the freedom of the press deprived and/or diminished. This essentially left citizens the freedom to decide what they felt was
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vs Johnson in 1989‚ the Supreme Court decided that it was Constitutional to burn the American flag because it is a form of free speech. Also in supreme court case Snyder vs Phelps‚ people were performing disrespectful peaceful protests at several marine’s funeral. Both of these fall under the 1st Amendment. This shows that no matter how disrespectful a form of “free speech” or “peaceably protesting”‚ the NFL players are still legally protected by the federal
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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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same personal freedoms as private citizen‚ but need to make sure their personal choices do not affect their ability to perform in the classroom as a school board employee. The following is a teacher handbook outlining the rights and responsibilities of teachers including: academic freedoms‚ freedom of association‚ and freedom of expression‚ freedom of religion‚ employment rights and responsibilities‚ and code of ethics. Academic freedom Teachers are afforded a limited amount of freedom with regards
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understand the each of these texts supported information as to how different people from different religions and cultures should be accepted in our country. Also these texts tell the reader how the first amendment protects our rights to have freedom of speech freedom of religion. etc. and that we as human beings must be willing to accept people or opinions that are different from ourselves. To begin‚ Burning an American flag is not a right thing to do. But
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exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Censorship according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is "The Act of changing or suppressing speech or writing that is considered subversive of the common good." Censorship‚ therefore‚ undermines and is contrary to the First Amendment‚ which is intended to allow freedom of speech. The second rebuttal is that it is
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slothful and possess as a character trait slothfulness (Kant 41). The common man finds it extremely difficult to overcome immaturity. One of the ways of overcoming this mental barrier is when a person allows themselves to entertain the notion of freedom and decides both subconsciously and consciously to engender it within their psyche. One of these small steps includes the
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Censorship protects our children from seeing what could possibly damage them mentally and keeps things that should not be seen in public to stay in the shadows. Many people hate censorship because they think it takes away their freedom of speech. It doesn’t because as long as the people don’t say things that should be said they won’t be censored. Censorship stops things from being seen that shouldn’t be. Censorship is a necessity for the new
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United States uses it‚ also other governments can work but overall Democracy is just the best one to use. Democracy is often used to mean a society‚ in which everyone is treated equally. Democracy is a strong form of government because it allows freedom‚ gives people the right to vote‚ and people can voice out their issues. Democracy is a system in which people decide matters as a group; people have the right to do as they want and vote. When making the laws in this government citizens make the
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