This essay will examine 3 of my most important liberties: freedom of speech, right to vote, and equal protection of the law. The United State Constitution was created to guarantee the Americans’ liberties, which cannot be prohibited by the government. These liberties play a tremendous role on my daily basis, as it is not only protecting my right, but also strengthen my voice as a regular citizen that came from a different country.
The First Amendment passed in 1791 by Congress provided that “Congress shall make no law abridging the Freedom of Speech.” As we can notice, freedom of speech had been around for a long time, but the government always have the power to abridge it if they believed the truth has the “intention to defame/excite …show more content…
In the past, this laws were violated many times by the Congress/Government. In early 1942, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, a Nisei Japanese American born in 1925 in Los Angeles, was told to move to an Incarceration Camp during World War II. Ironically, the law enforce all the Japanese-American to move to camp, or jail, because the United State was fighting with Japan. Even though, most of this Japanese were identifying as American, but their rights and their identity were ignored for the “sake of United States Victory.” In addition, women were viewed as an object and had to follow certain society’s expectation for a long age, they were pretty much like peasant and had to pleasure the men. Many books were developing a set of ideas, taught in church, in school, and in the family to keep women in their place, or what the society believed to be called: “Cult of True Womanhood.” Even worse, colored women were treated horribly, there were no rights enforcement or law toleration for them. Of course, America had gone through many reformations, protests, and many women/colored women were standing up for their abortion …show more content…
Voting was very controversial, and only men allowed to cast a vote. Even though Jefferson stated that: “all men are created equal” but women, free African American, and Indian American were seem to be “to wise to wrinkle their foreheads with politics.” Even worse, many southern states populating the idea of “No Negro Domination” because “This is a white man’s government,” to disvalue an individual African American’s vote, and their national politics believe. This is important because it shows that voting is a very important factor in all matters, it’s not only let an individual mind to speak up his/her believe, but also equally contribute an individual’s idea towards a particular political/general topics. Fortunately, Amendment 14 section 1 stated that :” The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied.” This allow citizens who are eighteen years old and above to cast a vote, to make a decision on who would be the President of the United
The First Amendment passed in 1791 by Congress provided that “Congress shall make no law abridging the Freedom of Speech.” As we can notice, freedom of speech had been around for a long time, but the government always have the power to abridge it if they believed the truth has the “intention to defame/excite …show more content…
In the past, this laws were violated many times by the Congress/Government. In early 1942, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, a Nisei Japanese American born in 1925 in Los Angeles, was told to move to an Incarceration Camp during World War II. Ironically, the law enforce all the Japanese-American to move to camp, or jail, because the United State was fighting with Japan. Even though, most of this Japanese were identifying as American, but their rights and their identity were ignored for the “sake of United States Victory.” In addition, women were viewed as an object and had to follow certain society’s expectation for a long age, they were pretty much like peasant and had to pleasure the men. Many books were developing a set of ideas, taught in church, in school, and in the family to keep women in their place, or what the society believed to be called: “Cult of True Womanhood.” Even worse, colored women were treated horribly, there were no rights enforcement or law toleration for them. Of course, America had gone through many reformations, protests, and many women/colored women were standing up for their abortion …show more content…
Voting was very controversial, and only men allowed to cast a vote. Even though Jefferson stated that: “all men are created equal” but women, free African American, and Indian American were seem to be “to wise to wrinkle their foreheads with politics.” Even worse, many southern states populating the idea of “No Negro Domination” because “This is a white man’s government,” to disvalue an individual African American’s vote, and their national politics believe. This is important because it shows that voting is a very important factor in all matters, it’s not only let an individual mind to speak up his/her believe, but also equally contribute an individual’s idea towards a particular political/general topics. Fortunately, Amendment 14 section 1 stated that :” The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied.” This allow citizens who are eighteen years old and above to cast a vote, to make a decision on who would be the President of the United