Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    when writing criminal justice reports. When an individual applies for loans, such as automobile, home, and mortgage, this individual receives a piece of paper explaining explain what the larger document means. The reason is due to both federal and state laws and juries have hesitating to enforce…

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    Freedom, according to most, would be defined simply as the first amendment of the United States Constitution. “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 the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”1 Or do they think of it as independence? I can do what I want, however I want. Freedom takes on a different meaning…

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    Amendment 1: Freedom of speech The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give…

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    The ordinance was argued by the Jehovah’s Witnesses in argument that it violated their first amendment rights of free exercise of religion, freedom of press, and the right to free speech. In the ordinance established by the Stratton local legislature, it restricted “canvassers” from going door to door. Canvassers were political campaign works who…

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    The responsibilities of networks should be towards willing and non-willing participants in relation to entertainment such as reality shows, and news broadcasts should be treated different. The reality shows took over cable television several years back. With the scripted drama, ratings were and still are great for business. However, the participates in the reality show are being compensated for their participation. On the other hand, news broadcast isn't paying a soul for their likeness. Thus,…

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    speech is a divine right, a human right, Without freedom of speech, opinions, positive and negative, will be suppressed, which will allot more power to people in positions of power. Freedom of speech is a natural right, it is protected by the First Amendment and it can not be taken away. Many people “agree’ with freedom of speech until someone does something they don’t agree with. Colin Kaepernick is a prime example. He had sat in silence for far too long. Colin Kaepernick, a man fighting for…

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    Censorship is the control of the information that cannot be circulated among the world, especially words, images, and ideas which are offensive. It has a real long history which can be traced to the office of censor in 433 BC in Rome, the ancient Greeks were eagle to build an ideal governance including shaping the characters of the civilians by the original of the term (Newth 2010). Censorship happens whenever certain persons such as individuals, groups or government officials feel unacceptable…

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    The First Amendment was created to allow all people in America to openly express their opinions, regardless of popularity. I believe that white supremacists should no exception. However, the issue arises when the speech sprouts fear and racially motivated hate crimes. Therefore I believe that it is important for all speech; including white supremacists, to be protected by the First Amendment, unless the speech escalates to a point where human lives are at stake. White supremacists should have…

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    Freedom of speech is one of the defining features of America, and Trump’s presidency has generated a toxic environment for those who disagree with each other. Numerous college campuses have begun restricting freedom of speech to lessen conflict, costing some students the right to pray or peacefully promote their beliefs (Maloney Jr. 5). Most recently, protesters at Middlebury College in Vermont prevented Charles Murray, a conservative political scientist, from speaking and injured a professor…

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    material: “the average person…would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests; the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct defined by state law; and the work lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value” (Trager et al., p.506). The first ruling of the court in Kearns case deals with is it being patently offensive under Ohio law. In order to be patently offensive, material must contain “hard-core sexual conduct” which the…

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