... people were surprised at the Court's decision because they believed that any governmental restriction on the content of art was unconstitutional, and that although the Act did not attempt to ban art, the power to withhold funding was in effect the same thing. Another case demonstrates that the ... obscene displays that mocked people's deeply held religious beliefs. This case demonstrates the great risks that artist sometimes face. Although art has the power to be pleasing to the eye and to be generally thought provoking, throughout history art has also been used to challenge authority, ...

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... rights. Critics have a problem with the provision in the law in which it gives intelligence and law enforcement agencies more power to investigate. They now have the power to access library and bookstore files without asking or telling the people whose information is being accessed, and critics say that ... of speech because people may choose not to read about certain topics on the internet or look at certain books in the fear of being watched by the government. Democratic representative Nick Rahall, from West Virginia, quotes Benjamin Franklin "They that can give up essential liberty to...

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... to do with the settling of two of the countries greatest controversies. Compromises were reached concerning the extent of the King's power and also the relationship between church and state (Church of England). Along with the settlement of these compromises were two other ... cited extensively in the publishings of the revolutionaries. For these radical thinkers, the world of politics had become a struggle between power and liberty. On the right-wing of the opposition, the key publishing was The Craftsman, which was largely written by Henry St. John ... Bolingbroke. The Craftsman was p...

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... he happens to find himself he has lost the right to have rights he may be subject to banishment, a fate universally decried by civilized people" . It was with these quotes in mind that he found the statute to be cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Black wrote a concurring opinion, but added his comments about the overreaching ... the principal purposes to creating the Constitution was to "provide [a method] for the common defence" , collectively called "war power". Frankenfurter backed his claim that ruling with the majority threatened the balance of power because the aforementioned wa...

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