The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution. ... I can recall many times throughout middle and high school having to memorize the first 10 amendments. All my teachers always told us how important the Constitution was. ... I really did not realize how much influence the Constitution has on my everyday life until I sat down to write this paper. ... There are so many countries that still today have state religions that they are made to follow, even if they do not necessarily believe in them. ...

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The United States Constitution has a preamble, 27 amendments, and 7 articles. ... (Amar, A. 257) The Bill of Rights was adopted because many states refused to approve the Constitution unless the Bill of Rights was added. ... Many people were worried about the Constitution when it was first introduced. ... One example of how freedom of speech is use in everyone's life everyday is the writing on all our currency. ... (Amar, 359) There were many reasons why the United States wrote the first amendment. ...

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How else can we grow, learn, and mature as a free society without this basest of human needs?... What of the First Amendment? ... That is a well-traveled path that the United States vowed never to trod upon many, many years ago. ... The needs of the many will always outweigh the needs of the few. ... They have their right to yammer on about how they were never hugged as a child or never loved as an adult. ...

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There comes a point when citizens, should act as the "forth branch of Government" (Marc Perkel). ... For it says in the first amendment in the constitution: 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. Many feel that the flag burning is unconstitutional, due to the fact that it is an act of treason. ... Once we begin to make restrictions telling us how we can and c...

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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution does guarantee freedom of speech, but is it an absolute promise? According to this document, it is allowable for a person to verbally express how they feel. ... Many controversies have developed through the years in regards to how much freedom a person should be entitled to. ... In the discussion led by Arthur Miller from the Harvard Law School, many university representatives were asked to discuss their views on particular matters regarding the First Amendment. The main topic of discussion seemed to deal with racial equality, or lack t...

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Freedom is not free; but how much freedom are citizens willing to compromise for safety? ... Of course, each right has specific guidelines and there are exceptions to the rule. ... So, how does the Patriot Act distort citizen's rights under the First Amendment? ... The Bill of Rights was created to protect citizens from an excessive use of government control; the Patriot Act is a distinct example of how government legislation is overstepping the constitution. ... Many cartoons are depicting the controversy surrounding the loss of freedom stemming from the Patriot Act (see fig. 1). ...

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In 1791 when this amendment of the constitution was ratified, it changed this country's history forever. ... The first amendment is not only one of the most important amendments in the Constitution, but also one that too many Americans exaggerate and take for granted today. ... This is a perfect example of how the first amendment has been warped to fit different perspectives. ... Many people are overanalyzing it and taking their first amendment rights to extremes. ... Unfortunately there are many others, like Mr. ...

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Of all the rights and freedoms guaranteed us in the Constitution, it is generally agreed that those set forth in the First Amendment are among the most vital and precious. ... There are extremely explicit content contained in some music. ... There are so many other factors in a child's life that have such a bigger impact on their life. ... The artists had spoken many times with Disney's lawyers about the album's content, and wondered if there was another motive behind Disney's action. ... Why is music censorship sociological, and how does it express inequality? ...

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The ability to have an opinion is the ability to have a voice, no matter how it maybe be perceived by the world. ... As many people are aware the constitution, which is base of all free speech, gives people the power to exercise their ideas. ... This is everyone's and anyone's given right to speech no matter how it may be viewed. ... Nowhere in the constitution or the 1st Amendment does it prohibit the slandering of ethnic groups, religion, or sexual preference. ... There were many cases reported at the start of the war that Japanese and U.S. citizens were feuding and getting into ve...

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With the Constitutions First Amendment, court cases, and many local, state, and federal policies saying that religion may not be expressed on school time, what will the next few generations of children be like? The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "congress shall may no law representing the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of." ... Throughout a time of two hundred years the First Amendment has been referred to many other names. ... First Amendment of the Constitution The infamous statement "separation of church and state" are no where to be fou...

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But people express themselves in many different ways, why should one thing be heard and not the other. ... His verdict stated things such as, everyone should have the freedom to express themselves no matter how tasteless it may be. ... Schwimmer, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. of the Supreme court said: " If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought-not free thought for those we agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." ... But people express the...

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All they get is a simple suspension despite how many times they may have bullied others. ... However, those who claim so have missed the fine print of the constitution. Although freedom of speech is allowed, according to the first amendment of the constitution, the speech must not include obscenities, defamation, abusive, obscene or harassing language, or disturbance. ... Another amendment that is violated by the acts of bullying is the eighth amendment of cruel and unusual punishment. ... The whole idea behind bullying is that there is no excuse for bullying and that there is no equality in t...

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Many years ago, our four fathers put together the Constitution in order to insure us that we are and always will be free. ... The First Amendment of the Constitution was written to guarantee one's freedom of religion. ... If we silence others from expressing themselves because we are afraid of what they might say, how will we ever learn about other people? ... Even so, there are numerous amounts of laws limiting the use of a firearm. ... There must be proof of self-defense and unlawful entry into your home. ...

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." - Amendment 1, U.S. Constitution. ... Many people take this amendment to mean that the government must not be involved in religion what so ever. ... No matter how much the government wants to, or tries to take religion out of politics it is still a part of many peoples lives and it affects their whole being. ... In the issue of cloning the religion plays very heavily because there are many people that have very strong feelings against cloning for religious reasons and other reasons. ...

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Does this Amendment protect the internet? ... The First Amendment of the Constitution of America currently protects this site and others with so called negative material. ... As I stated before the First Amendment of the Constitution gives Americans the freedom of speech. ... There is content which will offend many people. There are people that want to see this content. ...

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As I previously stated, many people who can not even name three of the first ten amendments are pretty confident that they understand what freedom of speech means. ... No matter how unfair or unlikely that scenario may seem, she would not be restricting our First Amendment rights by doing so. ... Another mistake people make in interpreting the First Amendment is confusing speech and nonverbal expression and how both can be potentially protected by it. ... By burning a flag, one can express many things. ... There are many instances when the government has revered the right to restrict freedom ...

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The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. ... The Communications Decency Act is an amendment which prevents the information superhighway from becoming a computer "red light district." On June 14, 1995, by a vote of 84-16, the United States Senate passed the amendment. ... This material is not lawfully available through the mail or over the telephone, there is no valid reason these perverts should be allowed unimpeded on the Internet. ... With an information based system such as the Internet there is bou...

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The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. ... On June 14, 1995, by a vote of 84-16, the United States Senate passed the amendment. ... Diamond, Edwin and Stephen Bates. "...And Then There Was Usenet." ... "Exon Decency Amendment Approved by Senate." ... "Memorandum of Opinion In Support Of The Communications Decency Amendment." ...

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This is the first amendment to the Unites States constitution, and the most sacred one at that. ... There are still many individuals out there who don't want to censor these lyrics and depend on them to express their own emotions. ... Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye, both great American novels, contain explicit language and many obscenities too, why not censor them? ... The Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, how far away from that are we? How far from those little bleeps taking over songs are we? ...

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To prevent this, many believe that these sites should not be allowed on the Internet. ... Constitution). ... If someone doesn't agree, they also have the same right to state how they feel. ... There is a way to avoid this problem. ... There are many positive ways to move around censorship on the Internet. ...

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The advertisement was signed by many prominent figures, including four Ministers. ... The people who enforced segregation and encouraged racism were also the ones who were suppose to enforce the constitution. ... There were disagreements with the III section of the of Justice's Brennan's opinion by Justice Harlan. ... Overall, there was no substantial testimony to support's Sullivan's case. ... Justice Goldberg shares many of the same views as Justice Black in his opinion. ...

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Maximizing individual freedom (e.g., the rights of freedom of speech, religion, and association granted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) This list is extremely comprehensive. ... Constitution. ... Rules governing how businesses are established, rules governing employment, rules governing wages, rules, rules and more rules. Are there too many rules? ...

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The question is how do we deal with this situation? ... As far as I am concerned no matter what the definition our first amendment rights are bound to be limited. ... People began gossiping about how they intended on being absent from school the day of June 8th. ... There are simply those things that require being taken seriously and those things which people should just lighten up about. ... Many people find thisartwork? ...

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This kind of censorship is controversial because there is a question of whether administrators have the right to overrule the 1st amendment of the constitution in order to protect minors. ... How Do You Cope? ... Students are forced to go to school in the first place, and once there lose all of their rights. ... Many people deem censorship to take away the rights that we have, inherently, as Americans; others believe that it prevents the U.S. from being corrupted. ... As long as adults try to control teenagers, there will be an argument about what can and cannot be done. ...

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Right now there is some sort of censorship being fought out in court at this very moment. ... Book banning should not be a form of censorship, it goes against the Constitution's First Amendment rights. ... Claiming that the content is too inappropriate, these censors are wreaking havoc on students' First Amendment rights. ... America today, has so many different beliefs, that the distinction between right and wrong has become very broad. ... Our country has broken down enough to allow same sex marriages and adoptions, and some how America is going to have to deal with it. ...

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