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    4th Amendment Essay

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    Espionage requires doing things in an illegal manner; however, it should not violate the First Amendment in the United States’ Bill of Rights. The First Amendment stresses the people’s right of freedom of speech. Espionage and freedom of speech were always in conflict with each other as seen in the Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States. During that case, Schenck was convicted of breaking the Espionage Act of 1917 by telling people not to enlist in the army so the American government saw…

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    American system has first 10 amendment in Bill of Rights that is created to protect the right of the citizen; The most 2 significant civil rights found in Bill of Rights are freedom of speech, press and freedom of religion; both of these right has changed a lot during the American history. First of all, Freedom of speech and press; this right gives people the freedom to political speech as equal to the freedom of assembly and petition, speech associated with action. The example of this right can…

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    currently twenty-seven ratified amendments. The first ten amendments are known as: The Bill of Rights. James Madison first drafted the Bill of Rights. These were first passed by Congress on September 25, 1789 and ratified on December 15, 1791. The amendments’ purpose is to provide a law with the safeguard of the federal government. Amendments usually reflect the changing social views of the people and are to look after the people from unfair state legislature. Amendment 1 is freedom of religion,…

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    person would agree with the state motto, rather it turns on the fact that individuals with a different point of view from the majority, whom are protected by the First Amendment, must use their private property as a “mobile billboard” for the State’s explicitly stated ideological message. The interests of those protected by the First Amendment had to be balanced against the State’s interests of “(1) facilitat[ing] the identification of passenger vehicles, and (2) promot[ing] appreciating of…

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    in the First Amendment is the freedom of speech. There are famous court cases that have made it to the supreme court about what has been done and said in certain places. The First Amendment can also be censored in almost all of its components. Censorship in today’s society has many good factors and also many bad factors that can limit what information people are provided. The First Amendment can be censored in all of it’s contents, and changes the way we live today. The First Amendment…

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    Core Of Democracy

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    The Core of Our Democracy Freedom of speech, religion, press, peaceful assembly, and petition to government; these freedoms we wouldn’t have if not for the first amendment. The first amendment is the most superlative amendment because of the freedom of speech and freedom of religion. As Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once said “Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” (ALA…

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    Rights, there are ten Amendments. Of those ten Amendments, all are important to the American people in many ways. These are significant to American Citizens as they protect the citizen’s individual rights. The three main or most important Amendments are; 1st Amendment- freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, 4th Amendment- protects from unreasonable searches and seizures, and 5th Amendment- no punishment without due process of law. The first Amendment gives a citizen…

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    Newseum Persuasive Speech

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    If the Newseum is torn down, the first amendment will not have a place to be celebrated just for itself, so there will be no place to celebrate the first American Constitutional freedom. President Trump is pressuring Congress into passing a bill that will start a project to make room for new monuments. The project will consist of tearing down monuments that the government feels are unnecessary. The project will ruin DC and the American spirit. If the bill does pass, the Newseum should…

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    Speech is like taking candy away from a baby, as a result, whatever kind of violation going against someone’s 1st Amendment will surely lash out and would be upset. Furthermore, Freedom of Speech is a very important Amendment that is used daily in the American life. Freedom of Speech is the right to speak openly without fear of government obstruction, this is considered the 1st Amendment. The Bill of Rights was created to prohibit the government from certain powers against the personal…

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    The amendments in the Constitution of the United States of America are extremely important to our everyday lives. They symbolize all the rights that we as American citizens are guaranteed to have. While the Constitution is vital to today’s society, it is not perfect. I believe that by extracting a certain amendment and reinforcing others would make the Constitution stronger. In my opinion, the most important amendment is the First Amendment, but the Ninth Amendment should be removed from the…

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