First Lady of the United States

to have free speech. Free speech is protected by the U.S Bill of Rights. It means that you can state your ideas without persecution. It is a common argument today that free speech should be limited today due to today’s current situation with politics and large-scale protest becoming violent. However, many people believe that free speech shouldn’t be limited. Free speech should not be limited. The first amendment right is essential to…

Censorship Almost since human beings began sharing ideas, the issue of censorship (officially suppressing ideas or writing) has been debated. Proponents of censorship argue, for example, that offensive material might morally corrupt children or that governments have the right to protect their national secrets. Opponents argue that censorship infringes on individual freedom and hinders progress. Censorship has long been an issue regarding books and papers; now, it has become a critical issue…

but we, Americans, don’t think too much about it. In many countries, people are not free; they don’t have the same human rights as we have. In America, we have the Constitution to ensure the freedom of all Americans. My father immigrated to the United States of America for freedom and all the promises of the Constitution. My father once told me, “You cannot starve in America…

Freedom of Speech Is Not Free Freedom of speech is an essential part of democracy. The signers of the Constitution recognized this. Therefore, they included freedom of speech in the First amendment. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits ‘the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of speech, interfering with the right…

In my opinion, the term free speech is often mistaken and confused with slander. On such occasions when one party is offended and begins to feels antagonized by the they way a statement was spoken. One of the biggest factors separating the two is who the message is directed towards, in the case of Westboro Baptist Church, the group is seen outside of private property at large events, and they are waving signs and shouting towards the air, they will talk to you and exchange opinions that you…

ability to express. Censorship is necessary in American society, however, because we live in a free country, artist of this type creativity have the right of freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and public communication. Freedom of speech=The First Amendment is founded upon the belief that in a free and democratic society,…

praying. These kids were Mormon, Catholic, or had no religion and did not want to participate in the “Baptist Church” beliefs. In the first amendment, it states that we have a right to have a religion and the separation of the first amendment of church and state (Schwadel, Philip). Some believe that praying in public schools goes against the separation of church and state. If…

purpose and the roles of the U.S government and also protects the right of the people and the states by stating what the government can’t do so it protect everyone’s rights. Another pro on having the constitution is how it sets up a system of checks and balances between the three branches. This help prevent that no branches become too powerful. Lastly it gives a good balance between the rights of the states, and federal government. The cons about having a constitution is that society have…

Freedom of speech is a hot topic in America this year due to the increase of colleges implementing speech codes on their campus. Speech Codes are defined as any university regulation or policy that prohibits the expression that would be protected by the First Amendment. Any policy such as harassment, a protest, or demonstration can be a speech code of it prohibits protected speech or expression (FIRE). According to Benjamin Welch who wrote about University of Nebraska’s speech codes, “examples…

In the United States today there are many hypocrisies. The constitution states rights that the American people have like the right to protest the things. The NFL has recently started to protest racism by not standing for the National Anthem or even coming out of the locker room at all. While they have the right to protest, is protesting the National Anthem and the flag really necessary? The flag stands for the freedoms that the military has fought for. The flag also represents the rights that…