Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

prisoners in the US, it never ended. The 13th Amendment banned slavery in almost all of its forms, but there is one exception-- prison labor. Private prisons are free to exploit the work of inmates without compensating them in any way. Forcing someone to work for no pay, regardless of socioeconomic status, is a violation of human rights. Before this is expanded upon, it is crucial to first understand the current scope and state of the United States prison system. According to the World Prison…

authors and most of his books have been banned or close to being banned. Like Stephen King, there have been hundreds of authors that have their books banned or nearly banned every year (320 about every year). This is a direct assault on the first amendment. This does it prevent freedom of the press, but speech as…

This week’s current events discussion is about Anti-Trump protests that have spread throughout the country. The main point of all four articles is that Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has spread protests across the nation starting on wednesday. On one hand I think they should be able to do whatever they think will help make a change. On the other hand I don’t agree on how far vandalizing and violence has gone. People should fight for what they believe in, personally I am…

The way we treat people is Ridiculous from kids getting bullied at school To the citizens of the United States of America treating immigrants poorly it's just ridiculous the US is supposed to be a land of freedom of speech. Yes the United States has freedom of speech and everyone in the United States is free to speak their opinion but there should be limits to freedom of speech like in this sentence from Mi-Ai Parrish, The Arizona Republic and Republic Media “YOU'RE DEAD. WATCH YOUR BACK. WE…

Free speech is defined by as “the right to articulate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship, or societal sanction.” In the article, the argument and divide of free speech is contained to Ivy League Schools and their experiences with free speech. What this article fails to do, is clarify the reader on what free speech is, or was meant to be, and how the student body can react to these instances of harassment and hate speech. Instead, it provides…

Racism lays beneath the soil of American history and continues to seep through the roots. The foundations of the American Civil War lay in the racial tensions in the South, originating between black slaves and white owners. The end of the Civil War in 1865 marked the legal end of slavery in America. Social injustice continued to exist between blacks and whites, regardless of legal freedom. However, inequality prevailed and became a moral dilemma between the accepted racist beliefs of society…

Faulkner is best known for his novel, As I Lay Dying , which has been banned in mostschools for the protection of students. As I Lay Dying includes real­life issues, profanity, cursewords, and death. This novel teaches students about the reality of society and what could behappening to others around them, it should be unbanned from high­schools due to the fact thatthis novel is a teaching novel about society.William Faulkner is an American Writer who was born in New Albany, Mississippi,…

incident to that arrest."Stop and Frisk." TheFreeDictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Aug. 2016. Investigatory detention became an important law enforcement technique in the 1980s as police sought to curtail the trafficking of illegal drugs. In the United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 109 S. Ct. 1581, 104 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1989), the Supreme Court ruled that the police have the power to detain, question, and investigate suspected drug couriers. The case involved a Terry stop at an international…

On 09/02/2015 at approximately 1020 hours, I was dispatched to 100 Stone Path Drive (Cobble Stone Apartment), in reference to a breaking and entering that already occurred. Upon my arrival I spoke with the property manager of the Apartment complex, Billie Suzanne Shaffer, who stated that sometime between 09/01/2015 at 0800 hours and 09/02/2015 at 0900 hours, someone had broken into the property business center via back door. Ms. Shaffer stated that when she returned to the business at…

On Wednesday, April 16, 2016 C-1 and C-2 flagged down and Officer from the Metropolitan Police Department and reported that she set up a meeting on Offer Up at the listed location to sell a Silver iPhone 6s. C-1 stepped out of his vehicle to show to Christopher Taylor herein referred to as R-1 the phone. S-2 came from and unknown location and approached C-1 from behind and unknown object in his back. C-1 turned to seen what was happening, R-1 snatched the phone out of C-1 hand and fled on…