for the city. All of these choices you have made this morning are possible because you are an American. To be an American you have the rights to the first amendment, that is the freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to vote, and individuality. One of the most important values of being an American is the first amendment. The first amendment allows us to have freedom of speech, which gives us the right to say what we think about topics or arguments. Such as who is the better pick for mayor
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Keith Carr The Constitutional safeguards provided by the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments to the United States Constitution describe the means to the principle of due process. These laws are set into place to ensure a safer living environment for all citizens. This paper will focus on these rights and the safeguards with in a juvenile setting as well as adult setting on a day to day basis. The 4th Amendment was put into place to prohibit unreasonable search and seizures of ones property without
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Former slave owners wanted to define freedom for blacks as if nothing had changed from slavery since hierarchy and mastery was still part of freedom. A former slave was free only to labor and were yet not independent. They had no economic autonomy and no political or civil equality. 2. Sharecropping is a type of system used in farms were landless workers, mostly slaves, work in the farming land in order to have some supplies in exchange or have a share of small crops. Crop lien system were future
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in this passage she explains the significance of it, and what it would do to the future of the nation. 4. One example is when she explains the origins of birthright citizenship dating back to 1898 with the Chinese. She also states the first immigration restrictions on the Chinese due to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Another example of Chavez that states upon American History is the Supreme Court Case U.S v. Wong Kim Ark. These statements support her argument by giving actual representation within
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Under First Amendment many types of speech receive the strictest levels of constitutional protection, whereas other types receive no protection at all. For example, some categories of speech, such as political or religious speech, are viewed as being at the core of the First Amendment. Restrictions on these forms of speech receive strict scrutiny, and consequently, they are rarely questioned. Other categories of speech, such as sexuality, offensive, receive no protection under the First Amendment
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In other words, if government suppresses speech it must be to protect the citizens. EX. Don’t yell fire in a crowded area. See below. * If restriction is content neutral, restrictions must target some societal problem – not to primarily suppress the message. (Corporate); -Political speech by corporations is protected by the First Amendment. -In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend freely to support or oppose candidates
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stricter gun laws in the world's greatest democracy. The misinterpretation of the second amendment is what's holding back the U.S. Many people that are against gun control throw around the Second Amendment a whole lot. What many have failed to realize is that the Second Amendment protects the right of militias to own guns, not the individual. Let's take a look at what the Second Amendment states. The Second Amendment to the Constitution states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
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Court ruling of Roe v. Wade was monumental for women’s reproductive right in America. For the first time in American history women would be able to access safe and legal abortions. Unfortunately while Roe v. Wade was a huge step in the right direction for women’s rights, access to abortions and the right to choose are still being taken away from women daily. Through TRAP laws, state allowed restrictions, the current government administration, and the rise of the alt-right movement it is becoming
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1952 and Article 63(2) of the 1957 Federal Constitution, has been validly limited by the subsequent amendment made to Article 63 with the addition of Clause (4) by the Constitution (Amendment) Act. 1971 (Act A30). 2. Whether the Accused’s right of free speech in Parliament is part of the Constitution’s basic structure or a fundamental rule of natural justice, thus rendering any supposed amendment of the Constitution seeking to limit such right is void and of no effect. 3. Whether the demand
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The first way the GOP influenced their victory was through modern day gerrymandering. Congressional districts were most recently redrawn after the 2010 census, in a republican-majority government. This bias played a major part in the 2016 election. For example
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