... an interview with rap group Dead Prez taken out of a "Music Matters" page in the December 2000 edition of The Source magazine. Dead Prez's lyrics are an example of society's views on music. Consisting of two rappers that strongly disagree with the United States government and who are supporters of many ... songs and their black supremacist views towards society. Dead Prez has vowed to continue their "struggle" as they call it and continue putting down lyrics and ideas that they believe in and support on paper. An annual concert called Black August taking place in Irving Plaza owned by ...

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... musicians based on their lyrical content. Censorship includes the placement of warning labels on musical cases and radio edits, in an attempt to protect children and young adults from violent lyrics. Many citizens feel that censorship is advantageous because, these musicians in question advocate attitudes and behaviors that are socially viewed as objectionable, and inappropriate. Moral institutions and authorities have designated ... of the American people, and have made attempts to aggress recording artists and companies. Many people, who would like to expurgate creative expression, ar...

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... express him or herself and follow their own path in life, according to the First Amendment of our Constitution, whether they promote negativity in the lyrics they produce or not. Music carries a huge impact on America's society, as its popularity steadily increases year-by-year. From the entertaining jazz ... both positive and negative aspects of the music spectrum, and the artist controls the factor of how they express their thoughts and feelings within their lyrics. Nevertheless, music inspires everybody no matter what genre it is, or what mood the person is in. The citizens of the U.S...

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In 2000, the controversial lyrics of a white rapper named Eminem's second album, " The Marshall Mathers LP" became very publicized. Among other things, he rapped about his drug addict mother, hating ... States Constitution, Eminem has the right to Freedom of Speech therefore he can exercise this amendment to the fullest extent. "The Marshall Mathers LP" contains extremely controversial lyrics. Eminem claimed that everything he wrote about was just venting emotions he felt at that particular time. He also claims that he would never actually do the things ... that he raps about, but that his ...

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... what how the living constitution is going to be the downfall of government. What if you speeding in some state, where the speed limit posted was 80 miles per hour and a person was going 90 miles per hour. When the cop pulls you over you say that there was nobody else on the road I mad a living decision on what I thought the law ... for the Supreme Court and take no other ruling, even though the case was supposedly irreversible. This is a very good example of why our living constitution is what is tearing apart our government. What is to say if our president has a friend on trial for mur...

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War in the Middle East has been apart of our news media for as long as anyone can remember. Why is it that people and our United States government take such a concern about the events that are happing thousands of miles away. The way America is trying to take control of the situation in the Middle East is wrong. There have been problems ... some form of troops might have been needed in Lebanon, but why does America feel like we have the responsibility to send our troops. The U.S. as well as Lebanon are apart of the United Nations, so why is there American troops in Lebanon and not U.N. soldie...

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... Government. Music, an important part of life, without music our world would be a boring, unmemorable and uninspiring place to live. From the religious chanting of the monks to the controversial lyrics of today, music has been a huge part of life since the beginning of time. From the earliest days of music certain groups have looked down on music they feel is ... find music enjoyable and it is not fair to them if someone outlaws it. Freedom of expression, does this mean that an eleven-year-old should hear and understand the lyrics of Alanis Morisette when she sings, "is she perverted lik...

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... land and were continued to be chased west. The Indians started to grow impatient as the American government delayed giving what was promised to these people. American commanding General Nelson A. Miles states "The difficult Indian problem cannot be solved permanently at this end of the line. It requires the fulfillment of Congress of the treaty obligations which the Indians were entreated ... assurance that the Government intends to act in good faith with theses people, the loyal element will be diminished, and the hostile element increased." This statement tells us how General Miles fo...

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... health and safety, the government should have our back. One area I strongly feel the government should step up regulations is child consumerism. There are mandates on video game ratings, song lyrics, movies and age appropriate toys. I feel this is just. From this point, adults must take responsibility by choosing befitting entertainment for their child. Where I feel the government falls short in ... ...

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... , is surely nothing new. Freedom of speech has long been a strong argument against censorship of entertainment and communication. Since the 1950s, there have been many bills passed to prevent explicit lyrics in music. Repeatedly, however, the courts have denied legislation to ban or bring criminal charges based on the production or sale of artistic expression because of constitutional rights. In 1992 ... ...

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Government's Opinion of Freedom Vs. The Definition of Freedom In the song "God Bless the U.S.A.," the lyrics are "I"m proud to be an American where at least I know I"m free, and I won't forget the men who died that gave that right to me." Many years ago, our four fathers ... ...

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Government's Opinion of Freedom Vs. The Definition of Freedom In the song "God Bless the U.S.A.," the lyrics are "I"m proud to be an American where at least I know I"m free, and I won't forget the men who died that gave that right to me." Many years ago, our four fathers ... ...

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... speech that may cause breach of the peace or cause violence. Most people believe in this clause but yet debate whether this clause should cover the burning of the flag, lyrics in music, and certain advertisements such as for tobacco and "various forms of symbolic speech." (www.findlaw.com) "Despite popular misunderstandings, the right to freedom of the press guaranteed by ... ...

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... speak out against minorities, ethnicities, or women, then by technicality the listener is in one way or another a supporter. Even though some people do not agree with some of the lyrics or preaching's of these artists they still accept it by listening to their music. Speech despite its perception or intention is truly the expression of one self and the acceptance ... ...

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... was meant to unite the colonies, protect the rights and liberties of American citizens, and establish laws common throughout the nation. But by the 1850's, it had begun to tear apart the Union it had been created to bring together. In this turbulent period of history, the issue of slavery was pulling the North and South farther and farther ... apart. The North fought to contain slavery, in the interest of balancing power in the Senate and the Electoral College, and abolitionists in the free states wanted to do away with ... have been able to put a stop to the sectional arguments over ...

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... and by having all of these voices kind of muted in their factions through the process then we can stick together. We won't have a large enough faction to pull us apart. This is wrong because then we'd end up with a landowner states rights type faction and the sort of northern abolitionist type faction that will eventually split the country ... apart. In Federalist #51, Madison says, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." He's defending the constitution as still protecting liberty. Even though we have a strong government, ... ...

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... by sending over armies to fight against their friends and families. This just reiterates the simple fact that there is no need for the United States of America to be apart of a place where they are so ruthless. The third and final adjustment that was made to the Declaration of independence was located in the second-to-last paragraph, number thirty ... of Great Britain. This basically means that as long as we remain a colony of Great Britain we will be frowned upon by other nations and we don't need to be apart of this. Over all I believe the changes in the Declaration of Independence we...

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... States, starting an uprising among southern senators who believed the tariff to be too highly priced. The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, authored by John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, ripped apart the Tariff of 1828 and described how South Carolina could resolve the crisis and still remain part of the Union. Calhoun's exposition proclaimed that state governments had a divine right to ... a speech that attacked the south directly. Webster refuted Hayne by pointing out in his speech the importance of the Tariff of 1828 and how nullification would allow states to tear apart the eve...

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... aftermath of the many battles of American civil war. What could drive brothers and countrymen to take up arms against each other? What could cause such merciless carnage that tore apart families and a nation? Was the American civil war necessary? The American civil war was a long and bloody war. It split the United States ... apart at the seams, pitting former compatriots in a savage war to protect their beliefs and cultures. But in spite of the plethora of destruction and atrocities caused by the American civil ... ...

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... was no guarantee that the trials would take place near the location of the crime, only in the state it was committed. This could cause people to travel hundreds of miles - or even thousands in matters that went before the Supreme Court. At best this would be an inconvenience, but either way it was dysfunctional. A bigger concern was that the jurisdiction ... ...

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... he needed to finance his endeavors in Europe. The land that Napoleon would sell to the United States, in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase, was 828,000 square miles. It later would become all or part of 15 of the United States and two Canadian provinces. The land covered all or part of the following states: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa ... ...

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... , Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia because they were barred from marrying in their home state; the couple drove 90 miles north to Washington, D.C. to tie the knot and then returned to their home in Caroline County, Virginia. Five weeks after they got married, the newlyweds were awakened in their home ... ...

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... to enforcement of Prohibition made enforcement almost impossible. There were approximately 1500 federal agents in the US allocated to the enforcement of Prohibition, and yet, there is over 18,700 miles of coastline that they were held responsible for. It has been estimated that a mere five percent of all alcohol that entered the US during the 1920's was confiscated. Saloons were ... ...

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... County, South Carolina, whose teacher notices that he is falling asleep in class. Whenever his teacher investigates the cause of his tiredness he discovers that Harry has to walk many miles to and from school everyday. The teacher sees that white children that live far away from their schools are provided with buses while the black children are not; he decides ... ...

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... . The following true example is a humorous and rather baffling illustration of one of the inefficiencies of such an approach. In an article by Clayton Cramer we read: "In Haynes v. U.S. (1968), a Miles Edward Haynes appealed his conviction for unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun. His argument was ingenious: since he was a convicted felon at the time he was arrested on ... ...

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