First Lady of the United States

The first case that stuck out with me the most was the In re Gault case of 1967. This case focused on a youth named Gerald Gault who was 15 at the time of the supposed offense. I feel this kid was railroad from the beginning his rights were violated in many ways. He did not receive the right to counsel, notice of charges, questioning of witness because the witness did not show up for the proceedings, protection against self-incrimination, a transcript of the proceeding, nor and appellate review…

reasons being freedom, their jobs, and Equality. Here are the list of reasons that differentiate Equality’s society from the U.S. To start, the first reason being that Equality’s society barely has any freedoms or rights. They all have curfews for everything like jobs and what time they need to be back home and are punished if they break…

The original version of it before it was used by any specific country read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In 1923, the words “the Flag of the United States of America” were added and soon “under God” was included, too. However, people in the nation have realized these words are causing a huge controversy ever since the phrase has been added by Congress, causing an important question to arise.…

Should affirmative action be allowed in schools? Or does the very idea undermine equality? The case of affirmative action has confronted the Supreme Court in 2008 by a white woman, Abigail Fisher, who believed she was denied acceptance to the University of Texas at Austin because of her skin color. The Court eventually refused to make a major ruling, but instead sent the case back to the lower courts for future analysis and for a future ruling. As for now, affirmative action still exists, but…

In John McWhorter’s TED Talk “Txting is killing language. JK!!!” he asserts that despite what many believe, texting is not, in fact, killing the written language. McWhorter concludes that texting is akin to the written version of casual speech. That rather than replacing formal writing it’s like new dialect, simply diversifying the complexity of language. Throughout the entirety of McWhorter’s speech he employs the pathos of humor, replacing the common feeling of disdain most feel when facing…

an action. This is exactly what Colin Kaepernick did before a football game during the playing of the national anthem. All he did was simply kneel. Kneeling for the national anthem has started an absolute controversy nationwide (Refusing). The first time Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the anthem was to protest the rights and police brutality against african americans in the U.S. This occurred on August 26, 2016 and since then has started debates all over the country. Other players besides…

As of current, they are not permitted to move whales in a deal made with the state of California. In a National Geographic article it was stated that California would only approve the building of bigger tanks for the orcas if SeaWorld stopped moving whales and shut down their breeding program, among other demands (Hugo). According…

Today for my argumentive essay I will be going over the topic surrounding censorship and what I think about it, I chose censorship as a topic mainly because I couldn’t think of anything else I found interesting in at the time, censorship is used in many ways like taking down a news article to blocking certain things and is used in many things like the internet to other things such as newspapers it is often used to keep people from seeing things they probably shouldn’t see but is sometimes used…

of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Written materials should not be censored or banned because it takes away the meaning and possible education of the reader. There has been a total of 11,300 books that have been challenged to be banned in the United States. The freedom to read is very important to some people and we shouldn't allow banning books just because some people find it offensive. The banning of books is preventing people from learning about the human nature and about how the…

If the citizen protests in a disrupting or harming way the citizen has failed to fulfill their duty and has violated the rights of others. This behavior is not protected by the First Amendment and may lead to arrest. Another duty that an American is responsible for is to watch what they say, especially while online. This is the citizen’s duty to be responsible for anything that they say. This is because words can do damage and…