Espionage Act of 1917

There started to be a growing disrespect for human rights, and the idea of progress was undercut. When Congress passed the Federal Espionage act in 1917, "… all false statements intending to interfere with the military forces of the country or to promote the success of its enemies" were prohibited. (Constitutional Rights Foundation, p.1). Penalties were put in place for anyone who attempted…

The Amendments were introduced to the American Congress in 1789. They were created to protect the individuals of the United States. The Amendments are changes made to the Constitution by adding, altering, or omitting a certain part or term. The constitution has been amended twenty-seven times since 1788. The first ten amendments are called the Bills of Rights. Four amendments that I think have changed our Constitution greatly are: the First Amendment, the Thirteenth Amendment, the Eighteenth…

constituted as free speech. There have been some that ended in the protection of the certain act, and some of the cases resulted in the act becoming illegal. One of the most notable cases of an act becoming illegal is Schenck v. United States, which took place in 1919. In Schenck's case, it was found that he was mailing letters that was obstructing recruitment for the army despite the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. These letters caused insubordination within the military and navy while America…

Freedom of the press is a right that is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is essential to an effective democracy, in order to cast an educated vote people must be informed. Thomas Jefferson once said “Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.” How is freedom of the press defined? Most commonly freedom of the press is defined as the right to circulate opinions without government regulation. In the world today every person has the freedom to be a…

What is an argument? Fineman describes it as a clash between at least two people or parties over facts and ideas and in the search of answers. I think what makes Howard Fineman, in particular, required to make these arguments is the fact that he has reported on every presidential campaign and major candidate since 1983; as well as traveling in and writing about over 40 country and every state in the U.S. except North Dakota. Throughout all of his travels and all of his reports about politics…

Around the time the Bill of Rights was created was when civil liberties first flourished. They are established in the Bill of Rights. Basically civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation without due process. It has been working for more than a century now and it is very important part of the Bill of Rights. The term civil liberties are often confused with civil rights. However, they are different because…

By the year 1908, it was time for a new kind of agency to protect America! America had grown a lot, even a lot wealthier. However, crime went right along with that. Crimes increased because people were making more money, so that made others who didn’t have as much money want to steal. People in this time did not care how anyone felt they would steal whenever, wherever, and from whoever they wanted to. Many crimes, yet no one knew who the criminal was. There were police officers, but…

The United States Constitution is the basic law that defines how our nation’s government should behave. Prior to its ratification, the Articles of Confederation were the basic law in America, and they were weak; rebellions against the United States militia happened more than once, and at the Philadelphia Convention, the Framers realized the pressing need for an entirely new constitution, not just amendments to the Articles. It took months to finish, but on September 17, 1787, the document was…

Our Government System is set up of three branches; The Legislature, the Executive, and the Judicial. While they all have their fair share of issues, I am going to focus on the weakest of the three, The Judicial Branch, also known as the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is dysfunctional because our Supreme Court justices have let their own political and personal opinion influence their decision. This influence has paralyzed them from being able to do their jobs properly. To understand how the…

“The Long Way Home” by David Laskin Immigration to America was a common scenario in the early twentieth century. People moved to the United States from different parts of the world, a majority of them belonged to the non-English speaking world except for the Irish. Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and China arrived in the United States in large numbers for many reasons, such as lack of opportunity, social disorganization, lack of religious freedom, rampant civil war…