Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

16th president of the United States, was the Great Emancipator. He was called the savior of the Union during its most distressing sight but most importantly he was the savior of the slaves. Slaves were brutally treated during the pre-Civil War times and even after. Abraham provided the slaves the opportunity to become citizens and individuals with rights. Due to creating the Emancipation Proclamation, voiced his beliefs through speeches, and helped to pass the 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln…

As parents we should want to check on our children from time to time, whether this means looking at their text messages, or even taking a peek at their social media pages. Imagine logging into Facebook, to look at your sixteen year old daughter’s timeline. Everything seems to be normal, but as you scroll down you see she has posted a selfie. Imagine that she has only one comment, which is from her gym teacher Mr. Williams who wrote “This is sexy”. As any parent would, the next day you bring this…

1.) To be an American is a privilege, it’s a true blessing to be able to live in the United States of America. Being an American is being free, being able to live the life you want. Marrying the person you want, choosing your career path, and getting an education to become the best you can be. Being an American lets you practice whatever religion you want. Doesn’t matter what color nor what culture you came from everyone is treated equally. Francis Scott Key wrote ‘The Star-Spangled Banner”…

Constitution’s First Amendment grants us the right to free speech. This right means that “you are allowed to express yourself freely without interference or constraint by the government” (Ardito, 2013). We are allowed to express ourselves in different mediums, therefore our expression…

Free Speech: The Guardian of our Liberties On June 15, 1775 our young country, low on ammunition and entrenched on a small hill, fought against the near invincible British Empire. Although this fierce battle only lasted three hours and ended as a victory for Britain, the Battle of Bunker Hill gave our forefathers the will to continue the fight. The fight for the freedom to speak against the monarch and his laws. Our forefathers face innumerous odds to eventually win the freedoms they were denied…

family, but most importantly to communicate with one another. As part of our First Amendment right here in the United States social media sites such as Facebook is a valuable outlet for free expression. Some countries such as Cuba does not permit that right and can be a cause of prosecution or arrest. As a huge part of our daily life, social media has a lot of influence on the world today. According to The First Amendment, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or…

because it is ‘offensive’ to substantial parts of, or a majority of, a community. The refusal to suppress offensive speech is one of the most difficult obligations the free speech principle imposes upon all of us; yet it is also one of the First Amendment 's greatest glories — indeed, it is a central test of a community 's commitment to free speech” (). However, if a hierarchy of rights is constructed then the protection against advocacy of racial or religious hatred in the ICCPR Act 20 is…

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. This quote was one of the most famous quotes of Martin Luther King that he used in the I Have a Dream speech. The I Have a Dream speech is one of the most remarkable speeches ever. This speech had an exceptional flow that was caused by the amazing style that MLK used. MLK used various types of rhetorical devices, such as…

The definition of Civil Disobedience by John Rawls, widely accepted by many, is defined as a public, non-violent, and conscientious breach of law undertaking with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies. Ronald Dworkin has divided civil disobedience into three types: integrity-based, justice-based, and policy-based. Integrity-based civil disobedience disobeys a law he/she feels immoral. Justice-based civil disobedience disobeys laws in order get back some rights denied…

always been a problem, and yet to this day, it still remains. Specifically, in the past, women had adapted to live in a suppressed environment, solely because their limited rights have never allowed them to cross a certain boundary. In fact, the United States, foremost in the race of modernization in the world, enabled women to vote in 1920; however, prior to that, individualism, freedom, and equality did not exist in the dictionary for women. Kate Chopin, the author of “The Story of an Hour”…