Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Public vs. Private Education: When Interests Collide Proper education is becoming increasingly accessible with each passing day, with parents who want their children to learn about the importance of a proper education. The parents/guardians want to have the choice to send their children to a reputable school that they will enjoy attending and where the children can improve their cognizance. However, not every child has this opportunity: some lack the funds needed to choose what school they want…

equal” and was seen as not violating the 14th Amendment which guarantees equal protection under the law. Under the “separate but equal” doctrine each race as equal and would receive all public accommodations and other living resource but would be separated by race. However, the 14th Amendment, mainly the Equal Protection Clause was written to protect everyone no matter the race from being deprived “life, liberty, and property”. The biggest of the 14th Amendment limitations that were that not…

The First Amendment will be examined for legal issues that may arise when a student submits an essay or drawing that is religious in nature, and how the First Amendment is applied to this essay or drawing within a classroom setting. Legal Issues Regarding Grading of Assignment The Constitutional Rights of the students does not stop at the school front door. Students have a right to freedom of speech, covered by the first amendment. The First Amendment protects students’ freedom of speech,…

for this case was that the University of Virginia denied funds available to a publication produced from a religious viewpoint, however, not to other student publications, which violate the First Amendment’s freedom of speech. However, the University of Virginia did not want to violate the Establishment Clause, but it is stated, if a university uses tuition money to support secular groups, it must use some of those funds to support religious groups (Skelton,…

The First Amendment prevents the government from interfering with health, safety, welfare, and morals or people, negating the argument that allowing the phrase “under God” into the Pledge undermines the First Amendment. They believe that inhibiting the Pledge from recognizing the existence of God disregards the purpose of the First Amendment. Contrastively, contestants criticize the saying as it imposes the fear of becoming…

America is a unique nation with a diverse population, an unusual culture, and irreplaceable history. Yep, America has it all. Regardless of the above statement more than a few people have questioned is America a Christian nation? There are those that profess undoubtable America is a Christian nation and those that proclaim profusely it is not. From the Founding Fathers to the design of the Government right up to what America is doing today has been used by both parties to prove America’s…

Security Agency. The U.S Patriot Act has caused conflict within the United States since it was first introduced in 2001. This act takes extreme measures towards protecting citizens, but in doing that violates several rights given in the Bill of Rights. The U.S. Patriot Act, while it…

as a police officer, I obtain a criminal conviction in six or more cases and have three or fewer law suits against the police department as a result of my violating someone's civil rights and liberties. I only had one strike in this process. The first event centered on a local Irish-American Association's St. Patrick's Day parade. A group of gay Irish-Americans were told they could not march in the parade by the IAA, which is a private organization. When the gay group began to march, the…

Evidence of this is shown in Jefferson’s opinion written in the “Debate on the First National Bank.” While the Federalists were for the National Bank and Alexander Hamilton argued the constitutionality of the bank upon the basis of the…

religious values and affiliations, and vouchers would enable state and federal funding to private schools, some of which that may have religious affiliation. Therefore, opponents of these initiatives argue that they violate the Establishment Clause within the First Amendment. The most prevalent argument made by civil rights activists is that private schools should be required to follow civil rights law if they become beneficiaries of federal funds. As a matter of fact, civil rights activists…