05 April 2016 NSA Surveillance - Constitutional or Unconstitutional The US Constitution came to life 230 years ago, but recent actions of the National Security Agency is interpreted to be defying the Bill of Rights by the government and depriving the citizens their constitutional right to privacy. However, when posed with the question: Do people want to live in a surveillanced environment like animals in a zoo, with justice and safety ensured but privacy denied completely ? , the answers vary
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Individual Privacy vs. National Security: The National Defense Authorization Act Rhonda L Patterson ENG122 English Composition II Prof. Ashley Rutledge February 20, 2012 Individual Privacy vs. National Security: The National Defense Authorization Act The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by Congress on December 14, 2011 “to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
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Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended twenty-seven times. In general, the first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government. The majority of the seventeen later amendments expand individual civil rights. At seven articles and twenty-seven amendments, it is the shortest written constitution in force. The Constitution of the United States was the first constitution
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Speech FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS Unit 2 Assignment Jerry Coleman LS305 Constitutional Law Prof. Judge J. Kent Kaplan University January 10, 2014 FREEDOM OF SPEECH FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS BY JERRY COLEMAN JANUARY 10, 2014 INDEX 1. COVER PAGE 2. TITLE PAGE 3. INDEX 4. PURPOSE 5. THEORY 6. FREEDOM OF SPEECH: UNALIENABLE RIGHT? 7. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 8. CASE LAW 9. CURRENT LEGISLATION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT 10. CONCLUSION’
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Bill of Rights and Amendment Paper The US Constitution is a living document which was designed to be ratified when needed due to a changing society, or unfair legal practices that overstep human and or civil rights. Article Five of the Constitution made way for amendments such as the Bill of Rights, amendments thirteen through fifteen, among so many others that have made the United States the place it is today. An amendment to the Constitution is a change that can be added to the Constitution
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Eventually the Fourth through the Eighth Amendments were applied to the states – not just to the Federal Government – through the “due process” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was adopted after the Civil War. James Madison after the battle for the Bill of Rights James Madison fell in love with and married Dolly Payne Todd in 1794. They would be together for 42 years and she would make her mark as a charming first lady during Madison’s two terms as president. And this was after Madison served
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Vocabulary: Civil Liberty- the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights, ass of speech or assembly, without unwarranted or arbitrary interference by the government. Clear and present danger test- a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; "no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety" Due process of law- the regular administration of a system of laws, which
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Yes and No! Alexander Hamilton expressed his concerns in Federalist Paper No. 84, "Bill of rights. He believed it was not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous." Hamilton asks, "For why declare that things shall not be done by Congress which there is no power to do? Why, for instance, should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given to Congress by which restrictions may be imposed?" Hamilton's argument was that Congress
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Constitutional right backed by the Second Amendment. The anti-gun believe that you should be able to posses and own any firearm. They also believe that gun laws only restrict the law abiding citizens. Pro-gun control believe that guns are the backbone to our crime problem. They also believe that gun laws help keep guns of the street and deter crime. The Second Amendment reads," A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
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Speech BCOM/405 April 4th, 2011 Freedom of Speech The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 and put into effect in 1789. The first amendment was put into place in 1791 as a part of the Bill of Rights. The first amendment of the Bill of rights ensures individuals freedoms of religion, speech, the press, and right to assemble. Freedom of speech will allow individuals to express their ideas freely. In the early 16th century individuals were taken to prison for speaking
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