Freedom

establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Freedom of Speech is one of the core values that is proudly embedded in Americans. Although, some people wonder if there should be limits to this right that Americans have, Freedom of Speech. Many citizens are against different forms of hate speech, yet still…

Have you ever argued about something? If you had, did you win or lose? Gretchen Maria, the author of "The Freedom to Be Me," argues about the effect of school uniforms, and provides a strong argument why students shouldn't wear school uniforms. She proves this by describing her own experience with school uniforms(as well as the impact), using statistics and facts, and then using that to back up her opinion about school uniforms. By using this structure, she develops a argument that becomes…

Many people think that we should throw the first amendment away because of hate speech. All laws should stay the same and protect all speech because the government would have to much power over what we see, the government might imprison many people that have opposing opinion than others,and if all speech were to be banned so would people's beliefs ; therefore all laws need to be kept the same. Our media would be highly censored if we were to change the laws. We would be kept in the dark about…

American right to freedom of speech has come under scrutiny from people of different demographics, religious beliefs, and political ideologies. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” According to freeexistence.org, America is 68th in the freedom of speech and…

calling in high school sports really violates freedom of speech, as Steve Trevelise argued in an article then I guess many other of my fundamental freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights are being violated. Trevelise’s reasoning for yelling crude, derogatory remarks at other players as being a fundamental human right is hilariously bogus. The implementation of this law by New Jersey officials was not to limit the players or the coaches or the audience’s freedom of speech, but to limit the…

In the film Freedom Writers, a high school teacher, Erin Gruwell, helps her students overcome their violent environment. Her students, conditioned by gang violence and racial segregation, are reluctant to interact with one another and have a limited outlook on life. But, by having them write journals, she makes them set aside their differences and realise that there is more to life than what they have experienced throughout their short lives. Perceptual errors negatively affect the student’s…

they should be rather for the security of the individual than of the mass”. It was in this spirit that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were established over a century later, entrenched in Canadian law. However, in our modern society, there still persists a struggle between two major groups: those who wish to enforce policies and those who wish freedom from any such enforcements. The Charter has formed the base around which both groups build their arguments. The task of balancing and…

rights to freedom of speech. They can intentionally post images, videos, or texts online and state that they are merely exercising their fundamental freedom and thus are not infringing on another person's (the victim's) fundamental rights as detailed in the first amendment. The problem, therefore, is the conflict between these two laws. For example, according to the first amendment to the constitution of the United States, the congress has no right to make a law that abides the freedom of speech…

reasons that this searching should be not allowed. For example, punishing students for what is done on personal devices and accounts is a job for parents only. In the article “Freedom Comes First” by Akash Bagaria, it is explained that the monitoring of students online is invading privacy and violating the rights to freedom of speech. If the device or website is not owned by the school it is very unjust that schools have control over what is done on these things. Parents…

and it was applied to both the national and state levels; therefore, the congress can put a limit of the freedom of speech in the first Amendment protection. The protection of the free speech would not protect all kind of speech. For example, it does not protect a man shouting in a theater and causing fear or panic. In this case the congress has the right to prevent that speech. The freedom of the First Amendment is uniquely American. They are actually from the Colonial and Revolutionary. The…