Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

dream came true because of his efforts and his resiliency through all the hardships. Slavery in the United States dates back as far as the 1600s. Private business companies would conduct slave trade throughout the Americas and “in 1648, the trade with North America, including the slave trade, was opened to private businessmen” (da Silva, 2011). Black slaves were brought over to the United States from African countries and sold to private owners. These black men and women would serve their…

practice that needed to be abolished. Through this biography we recognize what he thought led to the civil war. Slavery. Throughout Foner’s book we see how slavery not only affected President Lincoln, but also what it did to the Norther and Southern states. Each of the sides…

Cynthia Andrzejczyk, author of “Civil Rights vs. the Abercrombie and Fitch ‘Look’” and “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia,” dove into the world of free speech and civil rights. Eleven years ago, Ward Churchill found himself fighting for his First Amendment rights when light was shed on an article he wrote concerning the terrorism attack by Al-Qaeda that occurred on September 11, 2001 in New York (Andrzejczyk, “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia” 111). Churchill had accepted a symposium in…

What does being an American in the United States mean? To some it means serving their country, or supporting the ones who do. To others it means standing up for what they believe in. For others still it’s about freedom. For Colin Kaepernick it means expressing his feelings about being American by, not standing during the playing of the National Anthem. The Media has obsessed over his story. Kaepernick stated to NFL media, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that…

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…

The exact words from the First Amendment are “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech”, yet that is what organizations like the FCC are doing. They dictate what you can and can’t say, what you can and can’t show, and what started out as a way to make sure all non-government…

Some people have felt pain that they described to be worse than death. These extreme pains come in different forms and lengths. Of course, physical pain can occur due to injury. Some injuries can expire after short time, but in that instance the pain felt by the person is unbearable. Longer lasting injuries can affect one’s life and become a constant nuisance. Despite the pains obtained there is also emotional pain. Emotional pain can be obtained through a number of instances. Things like…

Dress Code: a Critical Look The school bell rings, and the students all file into their first class. The teacher enters the classroom and looks them over with a critical eye. “Smith!” The teacher points at the only kid in the room that is different. Amidst the sea of brown, black, and blonde hair, hers is a bright, fluorescent, pink. Her cheeks heat and she stops trying to pull her homework out of her bag. Some of her classmates snicker as the teacher orders her to the Principal 's office, while…

contended and after that followed up again not exactly a year later on October 11,1972. The US Supreme Court on January 22,1973, they went to a 7-2 choice to assert the activity of fetus removal to be lawful to ladies under the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. Later on not far off around 30 years on June 7,2003, Norma McCorvey recorded a movement to the US Locale Court in Dallas to have her case upset since she had 1,000+ testimonies from ladies who say premature birth harms and that…

and many others. The principles of a healthy economy are the basis of the US functioning. Consequently, 'corporate entities” ( Hopkins, 2016) benefits from the same rights as the physical persons, and are similarly protected under the First Amendment rights, as each ordinary single person. Their rights for free expression are distributed, in a form, if the corporations were persons. “The inherent worth of the speech in terms of its capacity for informing the public does not depend upon the…