In 1789‚ James Madison first proposed a set of documents that gave certain inalienable rights to Americans. On December 15‚ 1791 the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified and became known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment of the Constitution is the most sacred to Americans. It says that‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of
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Speech Coalition‚ 2002 reenergizes many issues related to the First Amendment and free speech. The focus of the aforementioned case is the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA). There is a contention as to the courts and legislature’s handling of virtual child pornography and whether it garners the same treatment banned as traditional child pornography. All sides of the issue consequently address the scope of the First Amendment‚ and Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion of the Court where
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attitudes‚ and ethics. A highly well-known right given to American’s is the freedom of speech which stems from the first amendment. This prohibits the government from creating any laws that could stop the people from exercising their feelings‚ or speaking their thoughts. American’s deserve the right to share their opinions as well as criticize our government. The first amendment is often seen as our most important right as American’s. In some countries‚ citizens are not allowed to criticize or
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7) Facebook and sexual offenders The First Amendment protects the right of citizens to their freedom of speech. There are ways that those freedoms can be taken away. Limitations to this law can be at the work place‚ when something obscene is said‚ threats and many others. One way your rights can be limited is when you are convicted as a felon. You often loose many of the rights as a felon‚ including the right of the second amendment to own a gun. Lester Packingham was convicted as a sexual offender
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The First and Second Amendment When the Constitution was written‚ it was not the intent of the authors to assure human rights to its citizenry‚ it was written in order to set up a federal government that would allow the United States to be a self-governing entity‚ and to put in place a system of government that would serve the citizens of the country in the way that they saw fit. After the ratification of the Constitution in 1787‚ “people soon began to notice that it did not list many of
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assertions‚there is little evidence to support this.It can infringe upon the First Amendment right‚it can discourage children to learn about personal responsibility‚and there has been a decrease number of cyberbullying. Initially‚it can violate the First Amendment right.According to the article‚” Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch ‘Cyberbullies’”‚the author states that “Implicit within the text of the First Amendment is the right to
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The first commandment of the Bible‚ "thou shalt have no other gods before me;" the first Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (The Bible‚ Exodus 20:1–1‚ Constitution). In America‚ many argue the country’s Amendments were originally based on the Ten Commandments but immediately both the first commandment and first Amendment are not in line with each other. Roy S. Moore of the Alabama
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The End of the First Amendment This article talked about how the students of UC Berkeley were protesting against a speech being given at their school‚ and how the sponsors of this group were forced to pay $15‚000 in security fees. Then on top of that fee the school paid an additional $600‚000 to create cemented barriers and have armed forces on campus during the meeting. Personally I feel these precautions were unnecessary however due to the way students were reacting it had to be done. Another
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for the First. Although a very respected female journalist‚ Susan Jacoby was labeled as a "First Amendment junkie" by many other women for her personal views concerning the censorship of pornography in society. Ultimately‚ she believed that censorship of any kind against pornography was wrong. Feminists were infuriated that another female acknowledged pornography ’s right to exist. Susan Jacoby did not necessarily agree with pornography‚ but she felt that its rights guaranteed under the First Amendment
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Freedom of Expression The First Amendment to the constitution guaranties freedom of expression. The framers of the Constitution believed this freedom was essential to a strong democracy. The intent and value that the founders saw as one important principal is the freedom of expression though speech because it allowed people the freedom to communicate freely in different ways. This essay will explain how freedom of expression has influenced the court system‚ media‚ and assembly. To cite an example
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