" One of the most essential rights given by the First Amendment is the freedom of speech. Free speech has been battled in the courtrooms of America for more than a century. For example, in the infamous case of Tinker v. Des Moines ISD, three high school students wished to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to school. After refusing to remove the armbands, the three students were suspended by a school official. Consequently, the students and their parents brought legal action against the school authorities. Eventually, the case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The justices of the Supreme Court emphasized that school authorities have the right to make school rules and control student conduct; however, this right does not allow school officials to infringe on the constitutional rights of students. Furthermore, they stated in their ruling that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Ultimately, they decided that the students had a constitutional right to wear armbands in protest of the war because the bands were a form of speech and were not detrimental to the learning environment. In another disreputable case between students and school officials, Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, a high school student gave a nominating speech at a school assembly that referred to the candidate he was supporting in an offensive manner. The student was suspended and removed from a list of possible speakers for graduation ceremonies; the student filed a lawsuit claiming that his right to freedom of speech had been violated. The Supreme Court found that school officials have authority to punish students for using "offensively lewd and indecent speech" at school. They stressed that schools have the responsibility to teach appropriate social behavior and noted that "in our Nation's legislative halls there are rules prohibiting the use of expressions offensive to other participants in the debate.
Goals of the Preamble Essay There are five goals stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. I really don't think overall the goals have been met to my approval. The first one is to Establish Justice. That means to me to have great law enforcement and to punish criminals. I give that a ...
Critical Analysis The report done by Ronald J. Deibert titiled Edemocracy: Current Trends and Future Prospects outlines the impact of how information communication technology will influence a variety of sectors from privarte business to the government and military in the near future. Die...
Strategies and Effectiveness Measure • Organizational Strategies IBM has 11 initiatives to follow as part of their organizational strategy to ensure effective and efficient operations. They are Portal, CRM, ERP, Strategic Outsourcing, Strategic Planning, Business Case, Business Process/ Organizational Change, E-Work/Intranet, Case Management, E-Learning, and IT Infrastructure/Enterprise Architecture • Measure of Effectiveness To determine the underlying benefits for operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness, the 11 initiatives are evaluated against eight KPIs s wh...
The preamble of the constitution was ambiguous at the time of the drafting of the constitution, but as changes have been made to the constitution over time through the amendment process the meaning has become clearer. ...
According to Yelken, Kilic, and Ozdemar (2012), organization effectiveness is closely tied to strategic planning. ... Educational Enterprises (a pseudonym) is one organization that must assess its effectiveness for sustainability. ... The respondent went on to indicate that although management conducts assessments to measure effectiveness with both customers and staff, no improvement initiatives are ever initiated. ... Conclusion Organizational effectiveness is paramount to organizational sustainability. ... To assess effectiveness and plan for future growth, organization must analyze the str...
For the sake of this argument, effectiveness will be defined as a branch's ability to carry out its Constitutional duties without overstepping its power. ... Critics of the court's effectiveness during the time of this court case argue that this decision accomplished little in practice. ... Critics of the effectiveness of the Supreme Court in this case have misinterpreted the role of the court. ... " While some may see effectiveness portrayed through the passage of legislation or the advancement of a party's agenda, there is another form of effectiveness that our country va...
In his preamble Walker says: "Having traveled over a considerable portion of these United States, and having, in the course of my travels, taken the most accurate observations of things as they exist - the result of my observations has warranted the full and unshaken conviction, that we, (Colored people of the United States) are the most degraded wretched, and abject set of beings that ever lived since the world began, and I pray God that none like us every may live again until time shall be no more" (21). In these first words of his preamble, Walker already establishes that this work has ...
War On Terrorism. The war on terrorism. Something which has existed and been confronted throughuot history. However the actual phrase "War on Terrorism" to us, people in todays society takes on a new meaning. When you turn on the tv you see CNN broudcasting 24 hour coverage on America's honourabl...