Homepage: 3 ways the U.S. Constitution Protects My Daily Life
The First Amendment protects the right of the people peaceably to assemble. The First Amendment affects my life on a daily basis in that when I feel that my rights or that something I stand for is being violated, I am able to assemble with others in protest.
The First Amendment also protects a person’s freedom of religion. The First Amendment affects my life on a daily basis in that I am able to practice my Baptists beliefs whenever and wherever I want without being prosecuted or penalized for it. In addition, this amendment protects my right to attend church on Sundays which is apart of my daily life.
The Fifth Amendment protects a person’s right to vote regardless of race, …show more content…
Cruikshank; 1870s. On April 13, 1873 an armed white mob attacked a group of Republican African American freedmen who were defending a local courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana. The mob killed over two hundred African Americans including those who surrendered. Some members of the white mob were indicted and charged with violating the freedmen 's rights to lawfully assemble, to vote, and to bear arms under the Enforcement Act of 1870. This event demonstrated a violation of the Second Amendment because, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment restricts only the powers of the national government, and that it does not restrict private citizens from denying other citizens the right to keep and bear arms, or any other right in the Bill of Rights. Therefore the indictments against the member of the white mob were overturned March 27, …show more content…
The artist believes that the founding fathers who were involved in writing the constitution did not give a lot of thought into creating restrictions for the right to bear arms. In particular, this political cartoon criticises the future generation for its frequent misinterpretation of the intended purpose of the right to bear arms which is seen in the expression “how dumb do you think the future generations would be”. Overall the artist is saying that the founding fathers did not bother to put guidelines on the right to bear arms because they did not foreshadow the danger that could come from the future generation’s interpretation of the right to bear arms.
Scenario 2
Step 1:
“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”. The Right to Assemble, Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment.
Step 2:
Civil Rights Marchers in Selma; 1965. On March 7, 1965, 525 civil rights demonstrators were attacked by state troopers and a sheriff’s posse during a march organized to promote Black voter registration and the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Selma Alabama.This event demonstrated a clear violation of the 1st Amendment because the state troopers use of violence to suppress the march infringed on the civil rights demonstrators
The First Amendment protects the right of the people peaceably to assemble. The First Amendment affects my life on a daily basis in that when I feel that my rights or that something I stand for is being violated, I am able to assemble with others in protest.
The First Amendment also protects a person’s freedom of religion. The First Amendment affects my life on a daily basis in that I am able to practice my Baptists beliefs whenever and wherever I want without being prosecuted or penalized for it. In addition, this amendment protects my right to attend church on Sundays which is apart of my daily life.
The Fifth Amendment protects a person’s right to vote regardless of race, …show more content…
Cruikshank; 1870s. On April 13, 1873 an armed white mob attacked a group of Republican African American freedmen who were defending a local courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana. The mob killed over two hundred African Americans including those who surrendered. Some members of the white mob were indicted and charged with violating the freedmen 's rights to lawfully assemble, to vote, and to bear arms under the Enforcement Act of 1870. This event demonstrated a violation of the Second Amendment because, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment restricts only the powers of the national government, and that it does not restrict private citizens from denying other citizens the right to keep and bear arms, or any other right in the Bill of Rights. Therefore the indictments against the member of the white mob were overturned March 27, …show more content…
The artist believes that the founding fathers who were involved in writing the constitution did not give a lot of thought into creating restrictions for the right to bear arms. In particular, this political cartoon criticises the future generation for its frequent misinterpretation of the intended purpose of the right to bear arms which is seen in the expression “how dumb do you think the future generations would be”. Overall the artist is saying that the founding fathers did not bother to put guidelines on the right to bear arms because they did not foreshadow the danger that could come from the future generation’s interpretation of the right to bear arms.
Scenario 2
Step 1:
“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”. The Right to Assemble, Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment.
Step 2:
Civil Rights Marchers in Selma; 1965. On March 7, 1965, 525 civil rights demonstrators were attacked by state troopers and a sheriff’s posse during a march organized to promote Black voter registration and the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Selma Alabama.This event demonstrated a clear violation of the 1st Amendment because the state troopers use of violence to suppress the march infringed on the civil rights demonstrators