"“We The Students†Essay From 1787 when the Constitution was signed to present day, the United States went from worrying about gaining freedom and equal rights, to now where problems are much different with all the new technological advances and new situations that arise. The Amendments of the Constitution, were made to protect people's rights. While presently all of these amendments are enforced, it is evident that nowadays the concept of each amendment is getting blurred and it is important to remember not to stray from how our founding fathers envisioned our country to be. One amendment that often gets contorted would be the First Amendment, which is our right of freedom of speech, religion, petition, and assembly. This Amendment contributes
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When a person decides to get on the internet they have, in a sense, given up that right of their own privacy because they are choosing to be on a website possibly contributing to cyberbullying that they are not forced to be on. Therefore, the state’s right to monitor an individual's internet access should not be taken away, because they are not forcing them to use that website, it is all by them choosing to access the website. Although, as to how far the state should go in punishing what is found on the internet has gotten a little out of hand. For example, in 2012 Robert Bishop was charged for the act of encouraging another to post on the internet. This is way off base because it totally violates Bishop's freedom of speech, and Robert did not make anybody do anything, he simply stated an opinion and never forced anything upon anyone (Zoeller, Miller, 1). Also even if someone has put the idea out, saying someone should kill themselves, as cruel as it sounds, that person is not forcing them to do anything. However, the line is drawn when people make threats towards another and actually stating that they will harm another person, this is why the state should monitor the
When a person decides to get on the internet they have, in a sense, given up that right of their own privacy because they are choosing to be on a website possibly contributing to cyberbullying that they are not forced to be on. Therefore, the state’s right to monitor an individual's internet access should not be taken away, because they are not forcing them to use that website, it is all by them choosing to access the website. Although, as to how far the state should go in punishing what is found on the internet has gotten a little out of hand. For example, in 2012 Robert Bishop was charged for the act of encouraging another to post on the internet. This is way off base because it totally violates Bishop's freedom of speech, and Robert did not make anybody do anything, he simply stated an opinion and never forced anything upon anyone (Zoeller, Miller, 1). Also even if someone has put the idea out, saying someone should kill themselves, as cruel as it sounds, that person is not forcing them to do anything. However, the line is drawn when people make threats towards another and actually stating that they will harm another person, this is why the state should monitor the