Case Study: Cajun Association For Legalization Of Marijuana

Numerous times, protests start off as untroubling. In fact, they are beneficial to a certain extent, for they “provide a vent to society and also allow governments to understand better the issues their citizens are facing” (UN News Centre 2012). However, often these protests cross this blurry line and are rendered violent, causing danger to the American people. A recent example of a protest transforming into a riot was the Anti- Trump protest in Portland. These protests started off as being peaceful and allowed the protesters to express their opinions on the issue. However, the protesters eventually became so invested in the matter that it quickly mutated into a riot with people smashing windows, kicking cars, and vandalizing buildings (USA TODAY 2016) .This rapid change from peace to violence is a result of the blurry line between what is considered peaceful and what is considered violent. Due to the few restrictions on both the right to petition and assemble, what is perceived as violent is open to interpretation. More specifically, the protesters may not have deemed that kicking cars and smashing windows was violent; thus, they proceeded with these clearly dangerous activities anyways. Since the unlimited nature of both of these rights leaves a massive gray area in regards to what is

Protest have been used throughout our nation’s history in order to reform or implement the ideas that seem just to our nation’s people. The history of protest in America would mainly be because of the government, either the government would be at war or it would be legalizing and denying laws people just don’t like. Nowadays there are laws that have established Americans’ right to protest. As indicated by the article, Amending the Protest Law ”On January the Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee approved government-drafted changes to the protest law (law no.107/2013) following a Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) verdict on 3 December requiring the Interior Ministry to seek a judicial order before banning any

The Shiners participated in peaceful protest in order to stop the developers from building on the land. This action is protected under the First Amendment. This Amendment also makes the denial of the Shiner’s application for a peaceful protest in front of the Florida State Capital Building, a violation of their rights (Grimes, 1978). The government had nothing to base their denial on besides their disapproval of what they Shiners are protesting against. The past protest by the Shiner’s did not result in violence nor did they take any action to incite individuals to turn on

As an American citizen, we are guaranteed many freedoms through the Constitution. The first amendment in the Constitution states that “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,” (US Const. amend. I). This means that all people have the right to assemble a protest peacefully, and Congress in unable to prevent this practice. However, in recent years this has become controversial because many residents question how much protesters can get away with before a demonstration becomes turbulent. Because of this question, there have been many cases in which law enforcement has become involved in rallies. This essay will explore when law enforcement became involved in rallies, and when they did not.

Our right to free speech and to peaceably assemble is protected in the First Amendment, and is something we should take seriously. "Congress shall make no law ... 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" (Amendment I). One area of "peaceful resistance" is petitioning to government leaders and taking a stand on what is true and godly. When this is done, people have the opportunity to give government officials a point of view that perhaps they would have never considered

Protests riots in the United States has proven to an issue for both the country’s financial strength and the unity of the nation. With the presence of social injustices, combined with the increased impact of social media propaganda, protests riots are beginning to reach an all time high. Protest riots destroy individual communities and businesses, jeopardizes the safety of others and taints the protest’s cause by resorting to civil disobedience. Action must be done in order to prevent these random acts of violence from continuing after every social hot topic. The goal is not to prevent citizens from protesting; in fact, this should be encouraged. The goal is to change the way the protests are handled from both the citizens and authority perspectives, in order to prevent these protests from escalating into something dangerous.

When proposing a noise ordinance, one must look at the First Amendment to assure the ruling doesn’t conflict with the public’s constitutional rights. By identifying whether Councilman Prejean’s and Councilwoman Gautreaux’s proposals are content-based or content-neutral, a test can recognize whether the proposal intrudes on the First Amendment rights. Through this process, it’s proven that Councilman Prejean’s proposal needs to be reworked to better fit the constitutional rights and the peace of Justice city whereas Councilwoman Gautreaux’s proposal can be passed right away.

The United States Marijuana party is a political party which was founded by Loretta Nall. The United States Marijuana party’s mission is to fight for freedom to both consume and grow marijuana/hemp, stop drug tests for marijuana, and asking to release all prisoners who have been convicted by any charge related to marijuana. The Marijuana party appeals to all users who wish for freedom to use marijuana, which has recently reached 20 million supporters.

Medical cannabis shops or even recreational marijuana has always been a notorious topic in Orange County and many groups have worked to make a change in society. The objectives for our protest to be successful is to earn the respect of these different communities, to bring back the dispensaries, and to also inform the public the different uses that medical cannabis has. Medical marijuana has different purposes like minimizing a cancer tumor or to relieve veterans from PTSD, but numerous citizens are unaware about this and speculate it as a Schedule I drug therefore shops are being shut down because of this. When given more information about this herb and how the shops offer this medicine to the sick we could possibly obtain their support. The support or the respect from the public is critical for our demonstration they are basically the backbone of this protest and are going to convince city officials to disband these shops.Through my recent experiences I have noticed that picketing or assembling a march are the most effective ways to be heard by political figures. Picketing and marches are able to produce an immense amount of noise and gather families from different communities

The Cajun Association for the Legalization of Marijuana (CALM) has a constitutional right to conduct their protest. However, the city council also has the right to place certain restrictions upon the protest in order to keep the general peace in the town. As in the 1989 case Ward v. Rock Against Racism, the government has a vested interest in regulating the noise levels in a city. As there have been numerous noise complaints made over the years by citizens living in the vicinity of CALM’s protests, it is within the rights of the city to draft an ordinance which controls noise created by public assemblies in the area.

The marijuana legalization movement is one of the most controversial social movements of the modern day. Efforts to reform marijuana policy have been organized since the mid 1900s. There are two major organizations leading the battle for marijuana decriminalization. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and the Marijuana Project Policy (MPP) are both looking to reschedule and eventually legalize marijuana for the use of responsible adults. These two organizations provide various strategies that, along with additional tactics from other sources, have strongly influenced the position of the marijuana legalization social movement. The mobilization of resources is strongly influenced by the two leading organizations

I couldn’t agree more with Judge Goldberger “The courts may not be used as political or legislative forum.” Court systems only have authority to hear and decide a legal question. Trespass to land is an offense, and it can either be a felony in criminal situations or a misdemeanor in other instances. Everybody must respect the law. Although, the protesters can use the Choice of Evils Defense to avoid a catastrophic event, I don’t consider justifiable to trespass someone else property.

Mr. Ted Cruz, I would love to see the decriminalization of marijuana in Texas, as well as the the medical usage of such. I know of the Compassionate use program, it is in need of serous changes to function properly. The war on drugs just does not work, the cost of which is atrocious regularly diverting funds from we social welfare programs to do so. Texas should be taking note on the amount of success states like Colorado have had putting significant amounts of money back into the school systems by way of the taxation of marijuana. In a 2013 pole, 58% of Texans support the overall legalization of marijuana. One of the most dangerous things about marijuana is that it is illegal, which can actually make it easier to access by minor, the dealer

Over the past decade there has been a great deal of political unrest and discussion regarding the topic of medical marijuana. Many States have recently allowed its use in their respective states after the electorate agreed that it should be used as a medication. However, many medical providers are not educated in the possible positive and negative effects of medical marijuana. A recent study in Colorado found that 46% of 520 family physicians did not agree with recommending medical marijuana. Of the 520 physicians sampled, 27% felt that there could be a positive physical effect and 15% felt that there could be a positive mental effect. The most impressive indicator in this study is that 92% of the physicians surveyed agreed that continuing

(All persons have the right to march, demonstrate, protest, rally, or perform other activities protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and The California Constitution. However, any limitations or restrictions placed on demonstrations or other First Amendment activities must be justified by the requirements of maintaining public safety, public health, or safe access/ egress from the area, and should restrict no more speech than necessary.)