Freedom of speech in the United States

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    of the words in Kennedy’s speech are abstract because they make his speech appeal to a broad range of people. Since abstract words allow multiple interpretations for Kennedy’s ideas for the future, they audience is more likely to accept his viewpoint. Additionally, the abstract words help create an idealistic tone in his speech. For example, he describes his inauguration as a “celebration of freedom” among Americans rather than a “victory of a party”. The word “freedom,” which he does not define…

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    dissenting opinion in Olmstead v. United States and his concurring opinion in Whitney v. California showed his legal and judicial creativity because he constructed arguments to reinforce the protection of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. Brandeis dissent of Olmstead implanted the seed that the Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of people. In the case of Olmstead, FBI agents wiretap a bootlegger home…

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    happen from cyberbullying and will also saves lives. On the other hand “The supreme court has written that this freedom is “the matrix” the indispensable condition off nearly every other form of freedom. Cyberbullying may be a bad thing but it's still legal. People are just expressing their freedom of speech. As as citizens of the united states have the right to freedom of speech. Therefor us talking ,texting…

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    In America, people have certain freedoms that cannot be infringed upon by the government, and they are liberties that some people from other countries are not entitled to have. These unalienable rights of the American people are specifically stated in the Bill of Rights found in the U.S. Constitution. In 1789, a year after the Constitution was ratified, a draft of the Bill of Rights was proposed, and it contained ten amendments, which would be added to the Constitution. In 1789, the Bill of…

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    Capitalist United States of America and the Communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Soviet Union. Berlin became a symbol of what the Cold War was doing to the world. Husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, entire families were severed apart by the two superpowers struggling to spread their ideas to the world and counter their opponent via the Iron Curtain. Which is why on June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited this city severed in two by the Cold War. He delivered a…

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    generation we have many freedoms and rights that people around the time of 1791 did not have. Back then people could not speak freely or petition against government. They had no rights to worship freely. The bill of rights was made because of these acts of unjust. The bill of rights is a document that states the basic rights a U.S. citizen has. It consists of the first 10 amendments of the U.S. constitution. Some of these amendments include rights like the freedom of speech or the freedom to…

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    When the United States of America was formed, the founding fathers sought to create a nation in which its citizens’ rights were fully and rightfully protected under the law. Thus, the Constitution was written to ensure that these rights were noted and well established for the people, by the people. The First Amendment to the US Constitution states in part: “Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to…

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    Amendment of the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech, as considered being one of the most fundamental protection of the American way of life in a democratic society. However, it is also very clear that there are certain forms of speech are prohibited. For example, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, “the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic”; other limitations to freedom of speech include…

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    others would agree but not agree. This is all because of Johnson that burnt the United States flag in the state of Texas in a public place. I agree, that it was wrong for Johnson to burn the flag because it is the flag that symbolizes unity and freedom and to do that to it. It was also wrong because it was in a public place. But if some people would agree with Johnson because they believe that it was his freedom of speech. The reason that the court couldn’t do anything was that it was the First…

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    To be an American means to have freedom unlike any other country in the world. We can vote for our president, pick the job and career that we want, get a good education and say the Pledge of Allegiance. You choose how to live your life and which path to take, while at other countries you are forced what job you will have and what you will do for a living, but you have no say in that decision. The United States of America is the best place for anyone who wants to make something of themselves when…

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