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Mrs. Kehrmeyer
English 11
17 March 2018 Establishment of the First Amendment
The key aspect in this research is about defining pieces about the history of the First Amendment. Who was involved in the issue addressed by the proposal? According to John R. Vile’s article, “First Amendment” he states that, “The First Amendment was proposed by the First Congress and ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.” In other words, The First Amendment along with the Bill of Rights, was submitted to the US Constitution on September 25, 1789 and was adopted in the year of December 15, 1791. The person who helped pass the amendment was James Madison. Evidence from the article states that, “The First Amendment is a distillation …show more content…
According to Vile’s article, he states that, “the civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext.” Nothing much has changed from how this amendment, it still serves its purpose to protect anyone from protest against the exercise of any type of religion. The passage of the First Amendment changed American culture just as Allie Rigonati states in his article, “Freedom of Religion”, “After the American Revolution, it was clear to most people that the new nation, made up of immigrants, could not exercise any type of religion, nor could government dictate how a person should worship. To do so would be an infringement on personal liberty.” Furthermore, government and religion haas …show more content…
In Damon Rootś article, When The Government Declared War on the First Amendment, he quotes, ¨This Amendment has been a subject of continuing interpretation and dispute over the years. The freedom of religion has been used in involvement of the foreign wars, flag burning and the publication of secret government documents.¨ As mentioned in John Vile´s article, he explains about how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act supported their issue. ¨It attempted to ensure that the Court did not override free exercise claims except in cases in which the government was able to establish a compelling state interest.¨ Soon after, this act ended up getting changed during a court case. Evidence from the text reads from Vile´s article that reads, ¨The Supreme Court overturned this law in ¨City of Boerne v. Flores (1997), deciding that it exceeded congressional powers under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, granting power to enforce but not to reinterpret the provisions of that amendment. This decision has led to renewed calls for a Religious Equality Amendment, some versions of which would require that courts strike down laws with differential impacts on amendments that do not have a compelling state interest.¨ In this court case, the government was allowed to change the Fourteenth and First Amendment in their own way, except their provisions . This is what led to the organization called, the Religious
Mrs. Kehrmeyer
English 11
17 March 2018 Establishment of the First Amendment
The key aspect in this research is about defining pieces about the history of the First Amendment. Who was involved in the issue addressed by the proposal? According to John R. Vile’s article, “First Amendment” he states that, “The First Amendment was proposed by the First Congress and ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.” In other words, The First Amendment along with the Bill of Rights, was submitted to the US Constitution on September 25, 1789 and was adopted in the year of December 15, 1791. The person who helped pass the amendment was James Madison. Evidence from the article states that, “The First Amendment is a distillation …show more content…
According to Vile’s article, he states that, “the civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext.” Nothing much has changed from how this amendment, it still serves its purpose to protect anyone from protest against the exercise of any type of religion. The passage of the First Amendment changed American culture just as Allie Rigonati states in his article, “Freedom of Religion”, “After the American Revolution, it was clear to most people that the new nation, made up of immigrants, could not exercise any type of religion, nor could government dictate how a person should worship. To do so would be an infringement on personal liberty.” Furthermore, government and religion haas …show more content…
In Damon Rootś article, When The Government Declared War on the First Amendment, he quotes, ¨This Amendment has been a subject of continuing interpretation and dispute over the years. The freedom of religion has been used in involvement of the foreign wars, flag burning and the publication of secret government documents.¨ As mentioned in John Vile´s article, he explains about how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act supported their issue. ¨It attempted to ensure that the Court did not override free exercise claims except in cases in which the government was able to establish a compelling state interest.¨ Soon after, this act ended up getting changed during a court case. Evidence from the text reads from Vile´s article that reads, ¨The Supreme Court overturned this law in ¨City of Boerne v. Flores (1997), deciding that it exceeded congressional powers under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, granting power to enforce but not to reinterpret the provisions of that amendment. This decision has led to renewed calls for a Religious Equality Amendment, some versions of which would require that courts strike down laws with differential impacts on amendments that do not have a compelling state interest.¨ In this court case, the government was allowed to change the Fourteenth and First Amendment in their own way, except their provisions . This is what led to the organization called, the Religious