Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution

What if the Constitution had been burned, and otherwise destroyed? There would be controlled chaos. This is a portrayal of a dystopian world, one example in particular is the futuristic version of the world called Fahrenheit 451. The constitutional rights of the people in the book Fahrenheit 451 have been infringed upon. The first scene is when the house owned by the old lady gets burned down, in this scene the 1st, 4th, and 6th amendments are broken. For example, the first amendment is broken…

There are many arguments about whether or not a book should be banned from public schools. Most school districts have banned books for many reasons like for containing racial topics, political views, and religious views. Some people believe that certain books include too much negativity. This is what caused The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be targeted by some school districts because of the different controversial issues contained in it. However, there are also many positive things that…

Freedom Writers is a 2007 film based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by a teacher named Erin Gruwell. The story was based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. In the beginning of the film, it showed violence between the law enforcement and protestors. A protestor was holding up a sign that said “No Justice. No Peace.” in Los Angeles, California in 1992. The film continued to show facts such as over 120 murders in Long Beach in the months following the…

dream came true because of his efforts and his resiliency through all the hardships. Slavery in the United States dates back as far as the 1600s. Private business companies would conduct slave trade throughout the Americas and “in 1648, the trade with North America, including the slave trade, was opened to private businessmen” (da Silva, 2011). Black slaves were brought over to the United States from African countries and sold to private owners. These black men and women would serve their…

practice that needed to be abolished. Through this biography we recognize what he thought led to the civil war. Slavery. Throughout Foner’s book we see how slavery not only affected President Lincoln, but also what it did to the Norther and Southern states. Each of the sides…

Cynthia Andrzejczyk, author of “Civil Rights vs. the Abercrombie and Fitch ‘Look’” and “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia,” dove into the world of free speech and civil rights. Eleven years ago, Ward Churchill found himself fighting for his First Amendment rights when light was shed on an article he wrote concerning the terrorism attack by Al-Qaeda that occurred on September 11, 2001 in New York (Andrzejczyk, “The Limits of Free Speech in Academia” 111). Churchill had accepted a symposium in…

What does being an American in the United States mean? To some it means serving their country, or supporting the ones who do. To others it means standing up for what they believe in. For others still it’s about freedom. For Colin Kaepernick it means expressing his feelings about being American by, not standing during the playing of the National Anthem. The Media has obsessed over his story. Kaepernick stated to NFL media, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that…

understand what First Amendment rights are also what qualifies as hate speech, and how OU implements safety and free speech rights. The constitutions ' eleven amendments make up the fiber of the United Staes laws, and the first amendment acknowledges freedom of expression…

The exact words from the First Amendment are “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech”, yet that is what organizations like the FCC are doing. They dictate what you can and can’t say, what you can and can’t show, and what started out as a way to make sure all non-government…

Some people have felt pain that they described to be worse than death. These extreme pains come in different forms and lengths. Of course, physical pain can occur due to injury. Some injuries can expire after short time, but in that instance the pain felt by the person is unbearable. Longer lasting injuries can affect one’s life and become a constant nuisance. Despite the pains obtained there is also emotional pain. Emotional pain can be obtained through a number of instances. Things like…