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    Americans gift to my generation is the first amendment. The first amendment is what made America what it is. The first amendment is freedom of religion,speech,press and assembly. Another thing is the second amendment. The second amendment is the right to bear arms. Why the first amendment is important to me, and many other Americans is because if we didn't have it, we would have a dictator. If the president and congress said we have to believe in a certain religion, we were not allowed to say…

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    1795 the first amendment to the constitution was ratified. Citizens wanted to make sure that they had their basic rights, so that is why the first amendment was created. The first amendment includes freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to petition, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly. I would like to tell you about the three main rights given to citizens by the first amendment. The first right is freedom of speech. Many things in the world make us mad. The first amendment…

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    to the people along its banks so that they may grow independent and strong. Without the freedoms given to citizens in the first amendment, no one would be able to express their opinions and ideas about anything. Added to the constitution in 1789, the Bill of Rights gives us civil liberties and prevents the government from having too much power. According to the first amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’ or…

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    understand what First Amendment rights are also what qualifies as hate speech, and how OU implements safety and free speech rights. The constitutions ' eleven amendments make up the fiber of the United Staes laws, and the first amendment acknowledges freedom of expression…

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    The first amendment is a very important amendment to your nation. It's what gives us the name "the land of the free". This amendment gives us the right to speak mind and express ourselves without being persecuted by the government because it's our right. The first amendment is like the base of all the others. Without it we would be just like any other nation. With just one comment about the government or to give our opinion freely we would be either put in prison or punished. Other…

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    Chase’s why the First Amendment is important to protect First let me elaborate on what the First Amendment entails. The First Amendment guarantees us the freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly. Having the First Amendment as it is today introduces people to lots of things that the government would probably have banned or prevented us from seeing if we didn 't have the First Amendment. the government could make it to where anyone who doesn 't agree with them cant voice their…

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    world. Censorship of the internet infringes on the First Amendment, is unfair, along with it being selfish and hypocritical to the people around. The first amendment gives the right to american citizens for the freedom of expression of ideas and words. Censorship is against the First amendment because of the sensors not allowing people to express the words given and purposely ignoring the freedom of speech. As it is against the first amendment, also means that censorship is to be…

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    In 1791 the Bill of Rights created the first ten amendments to the constitution. The First Amendment was the most important to Americans because it prohibit any unusual or cruel punishments. It declared “that certain rights shall not construed to deny or regard others retained by people”. But the Bill of Rights did not change much, the American still fight for first amendment right so came the French Revolution, it was twenty-six years before Europe collapsed. The church was attacked because it…

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    They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power” (Hamilton). The First Amendment is important to protect…

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    Alex Galbreath Professor Breslin MCO 300A November 21, 2016 Internet Censorship The Constitution’s First Amendment protects five fundamental freedoms under its application: Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to peacefully assemble, freedom of the press, and freedom to petition the government. With this being known, freedom of speech is arguably the most commonly practiced openly among the aforementioned five. Speech is a broad term, though. In our modern era, speech is equivalent…

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