Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

have gotten in trouble? Freedom of speech, part of the first amendment, allows people to speak their mind without repercussions. This right was put into the Bill of Rights because the founding fathers wanted the people to be able to voice their opinions about the government. Today people want the same thing, to be offered the right to voice their opinions Easily offended people and so-called “Hate Speech” are attacking our first amendment right. People in America are too easily offended by…

speculation to occur. Without this important piece of history, we might could still be seeing the Separate Car Act to this day. They made politics, and higher authorities think of the law they passed, and eventually began to reason with a rightful constitution, and a better humanity. These eye opening men eventually made the Southern government look at segregation in another way, and change their history for the better. Not only did they act on their feelings, they also acted on logic. When the…

was a violation of the fourth amendment. Former attorney general and Associate Justice then stated, “We hold that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution…

profoundly would it say it was established in American society? This exploration paper delves into the theme of Joseph McCarthy, his "- ism," and the numerous occasions in America that included McCarthyism. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, was a United States congressman hailing from Wisconsin. Before McCarthyism picked up the vital speed, McCarthy was not by any means known for much, and really was seen as an alcoholic, a big talker, and a powerless administrator who, however a Republican,…

Westboro Baptist Church believes the country’s values are wrong for allowing homoseuality and having soldiers protect a country that allows gays is evil. I believe what Westboro Baptist Church did was completely obeying of all the laws of the constitution. This is because not only did they leave before the funeral began, they had permission from the local police, and…

organization in the United States that advocates for gun rights. The NRA is a successful organization that has attracted many members from all across the country. According to the NRA foundation, the NRA is “widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world” (NRA). The NRA prides it selves on gun safety and second amendment rights but has…

American teenagers had to feel this way every single day due to the fact that they were shutout and mocked. North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas all were challenged by racial segregation in public schools. “In 1954, large portions of the United States had racially segregated schools, made legal by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which held that segregated public facilities were constitutional so long as the black and white facilities were equal to each other” (McBride). Yet, this was not…

argue that censorship threatens our first amendment, the freedom to speak and publicize freely. The big guys use it to hide secrets and operate more privately behind the people, the soul of a democracy. Used as tool to extract obscenity and other dangers, political censorship unjustly manipulates society’s views and values, abuses American’s peoples constitutional rights, and threatens our democratic way of life. In general, censorship in the United States, involving the suppression of speech…

Hello, thank you for allowing me to speak at this meeting. Despite the fact that I was not chosen to be allowed into the Boston Church and the General Court. That means that I have no official say in the vote that is to occur later today. But, I would like to inform you of my opinion on the matter, in hopes that it helps all of you to come to the best decision for your community. First of all, I do not think that all of you have discussed everything that needs to be discussed regarding the…

While most would agree that the aforementioned pros to this issue are important, political correctness simply isn't the means for obtaining these benefits. Augusto Zimmerman and Lorraine Finlay not only hold strongly to this view (which disagrees with Corolla’s) but go as far to contend “Absolute free speech under all circumstances can never be a possibility… speech advocating or inciting direct acts of violence and direct attacks on the physical integrity of another person should never be…