First Amendment to the United States Constitution

on January 6th of 2017 if their oral arguments are handed out on December 7th. There are only two qualifications to be admitted to the Supreme Court’s bar, which are that the person ‘must have been admitted to practice in the highest court of a State, Commonwealth, Territory, or Possession, or D.C. for at least three years’. They also must file a ‘certificate from the presiding judge, clerk, or other authorized official of that court’ and a ‘copy of the form approved by the Court which has the…

As a concerned citizen of Milford, NY, the proposition of allowing our local religious group, the Good News Club, to host their meetings at our public elementary school has been the talk of the town recently, and has drawn many opinions from both sides of the argument. However, it is of my opinion that the Supreme Court is wrong in their decision to allow the Good News Club to meet in its local elementary school. Rather than basing their final jurisdiction on the Establishment Clause, they opted…

people need censorship. Censorship protects children, ensures the privacy of people, and reduces misunderstanding. Censorship protects children over the World Wide Web. Aric Sigman author of, “What Children Need Is Censorship” remarks, “This is the first time in our history that children had the greatest preponderance of ideas, opinions, values, and -most…

A New Sport Complex for Chelan Ever since the construction of the Sargent Field track and football complex in 1968, it has not been updated or improved hardly at all. In the 48 years that Chelan High School and the community of Chelan have made use of the complex, both the school and the town have undergone significant changes in their size, population, and the number of activities available, making the facilities inadequate and in need of improvement. The solution to Chelan's athletic…

freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents gave me. “-Judy Blume. As you grow into an adult your parents teach you how to make choices on your own so you can learn right from wrong and how to survive in the adult world on your own for the first time. Some people believe books should be banned because of inappropriate language or actions taking place in the book that the parent is not comfortable with their child reading. There will come a time in a child’s life where they are not…

We talked and laughed waiting for the day to start. Suddenly, a familiar tune came over the announcements. We immediately stop talking, stood in place, our hand over our heart, and we began in synchrony “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We did not know at the beginning why we said the pledge, it was just something we knew we had to do as it was a part of…

Ian McEwan said in his essay “Defend Free Speech,” “ And you’ve come of age in a country where the enrichment of free speech in the First Amendment is not an empty phrase, as it is in many constitutions, but a living reality.” To me, it means The First Amendment means something here in the U.S. So for people to abuse that privileged right and make out of it wrong doing, is a shame. As said by a UW-Madison student named Devon Snyder, “There is a…

Did you know that books can be completely banned from libraries, counties, cities, states, and even countries because of minor circumstances like witchcraft and wizardry! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an english author living from May 22, 1859 to July 7, 1930. His most famous series, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, was banned from many school across the country. One of the books in question is A Study In Scarlett. According to some people, this book is offensive to them and their religion. This…

The unknown author of the USA Today article Hurt feelings? To bad. Don't coddle College kids. Supports The University of Chicago for standing up for free speech. The author states that college students are oversensitive to anything that could make them uncomfortable and, so college administrators have obliged them with things such as speech codes and speech zones. In January The University of Chicago reaffirmed its stance on the free and open discussion of ideas. Over the following eight months…

The idea of freedom can be seen in Collection 2. The idea of freedom is being shown in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial when MLK stood up in a crowd and explained his dream. Freedom is also being shown by Ahdaf Soueif in Cairo: My City, Our Revolution to show how they got their freedom. The lack of freedom is shown in The Censors by Luisa Valenzuela to show us that not every country has freedom. The topic of freedom can be seen throughout Dr. King's speech. It was shown at the Lincoln Memorial on…