First Amendment In High School

David Barton’s Original Intent: The Courts, The Constitution, and Religion, breaks down the significance of how religion was intended in the First Amendment and its effect on the phrase, “Separation of Church and State.” Barton well illustrates how the founding fathers incorporated the position of religion into the First Amendment. Barton explains how the House Judiciary Committee believes, “The founders did respect other religions; however, they neither promoted pluralism nor intended that the First Amendment do so” (175). They continue to discuss how the founding fathers were all Christians and they expect it to remain that way in the lives of the citizens. In Barton’s views of the First Amendment, he believes it has changed dramastically

Since before the United States was founded, the ideals of Christianity have been integrated into the government in some way, shape, or form. In the early days of the Colonies, Christianity was the centerfold for all government affairs; however, after the constitution was ratified and deemed effective in the United States, the First Amendment was born. The first amendment 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” (source). In the early life of the United States, the

The portrayal of the separation of church and state, and the harmony in the middle of law and religion, is one of persevering disarray in current American protected hypothesis and origination. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is generally accepted to be the determination of this mass of partition, on the other hand, the Framers never purposed such a divider. Some portion of the perplexity in comprehension religious freedom inside of the setting of the political, lawful, and social measurements of America lives in the United States Supreme Court's foundation and free practice

In the United States Constitution, the First Amendment 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” (Gold). Historically, as demonstrated in cases such as Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the government in general, has well-upheld this amendment, but starting sometime in the second half of the 20th century, they are slowly embracing it less and less, as demonstrated in cases such as Texas v. Johnson. The recent hostility towards the First Amendment demonstrates that its rights

If a student says, “I am going to shoot you” during recess to his friends, does the school have a right to take disciplinary actions? Is it a violation of the student’s First Amendment? School officials can restrict speech activities on any student in a school if it has been established there was harm or threats made against others, including teachers. Although the First Amendment states freedom of expression, school officials may punish students for expressing their personal views on school grounds. With the case of S.G. v. Sayreville Board of Education [1], a school’s right to discipline a student was questioned by parental guardianship.

The first amendment is pretty self explanatory to most people. It states that congress, or the government, should not make any law in respect to a certain religion. The people should be able to practice whatever religion they would desire. A state law in in New York proved to be in violation of the first amendment. In the New York Public school system, public schools started the day out with having students recite the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer in which everyone basically acknowledged their relying on God. When this was brought into the courtroom, the supreme court agreed. The government should not be sponsoring such activities in the school system. This law violated the first amendment and so a case was opened in court on behalf of

The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States guarantees its citizens freedom of religion, free speech, a free press, the right to peacefully assemble and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. A public high principal holds a position of oversight of a government run facility. A public school principal has a duty to uphold the Constitution. A high school principal may allow students to continue a tradition of beginning graduation ceremonies with prayer, as long as certain conditions are met. The students (not the school or any of its employees) must initiate the prayer. A student (not a teacher or school employee) must be the one to recite the prayer. Students must be allowed to participant voluntarily when praying. Any student who elects to remain silent or asks to be excused during the prayer must not be sanctioned or punished for their non-participation. Essex (2012) states, “If student prayer is initiated solely by students with no coercion or involvement by school personnel, it is permissible and does not violation the separation of church-state in the First Amendment” (p. 176).

"Since our country’s establishment of the constitution, one of our greatest arguments and controversy is the exact impact of our first amendment. Literally, it states “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.” It can be assumed this protects we the people of the united states from becoming a theocracy, as there can be no official religion, it protects us from having controlled propaganda, and protection by law to assemble, or group together in our privately created organizations. However, as lovely as it feels to have a physical document protecting these rights, many people will still argue that the first amendment means none of these things, partially due to their own alternative goals and ambitions.

The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” The Supreme Court has been inconsistent in the application of these sometimes conflicting requirements. At times, the Court takes a separationist position, erecting a solid wall between church and state, and at other times takes an accommodationist position, siding with an individual’s right to exercise their religious beliefs. Religious liberty under the First Amendment should not be limited to private individuals, but extended to corporations, and only when its application does not interfere with legitimate governmental interests. History shows that the Court has repeatedly found that constitutional rights extend to corporations. This controversial approach was recently seen in the Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014). Today, the Court continues to address this issue.

Today we learned about the legal rights of student bloggers. Public School Students have the First Amendment rights, and according to the Supreme Court, public school students don't "shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech or expression at the school gate." People who go to private school also have the First Amendment rights, but those rights only protect them from the government censorship, not private censorship. Which means your freedom of speech is only protected from the government and it is not protected from the private school you attend. Remember a public school can censor or punish students' on-campus speech. Although the Tinker decision recognized that students have free speech rights on campus, the court also held that

Religious, Gays, and activities in school are for people who have different feelings/ different ways that things appeal to them. They associate with people who like the same thing as them. How would it make others feel about it? But in some schools in this country, aren’t allowed to be in a school with a different religion, because they must be that religion of that school or program that they attend to. First Amendment in school it is necessary because student clubs can be inappropriate, they may cause violence, and uncomfortableness. A school cannot deny equal access or discriminate against a students club based on their content. Students may also choose their own religion and leaders. Students may not want to be sociated with children who are gay or a religion. Violence could be added to if someone is being picked on because of who they are. Students may be uncomfortable discussing sexual orientation and how all students need to accept each other, whether gay or not.

The 1st Amendment states that Congress can’t make laws in reverence to establishing faith or hinder the practice of that religion, editing speech, the press, to assemble and the right to petition our government for redress of criticisms.

A topic of great controversy is that of religion and the freedoms that are and are not associated with it. The first amendment of the Constitution states that Congress shall make no law of respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The State of Indiana has a Senate Bill that is titled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which contains a law that consents individuals and companies to assert that their exercise of religion has been, or is likely to be, substantially burdened as a defense in legal proceedings (Cohn). As this is obviously a commonly debated issue, there are many points for and against the policy.

The founders of the constitution cared quite a bit about religion, and they were adamant about creating a separation between the government and the people’s ability to practice religion. The first amendment does not exclusively protect the freedom to worship, but the right to free exercise. This includes the right to have a different religion and to make choices based on the values of that religious doctrine. This is much broader than the right to worship because it does not exclusively protect the right to pray in whatever way one chooses to pray, but it protects the right to make decisions based off of one’s religion. However, now there is a need to define exactly how far these religious practices can go before the state has to step in on religious practices that conflict with state laws that are now allowed to set the moral code for the state and the

Civil liberties, as denoted in the Bill of Rights, had limited the government’s actions by providing “freedoms from” the government. Because the government could not take away the people’s rights, the Bill of Rights listed “thou shalt nots,” which “limit[ed] its [the government’s] jurisdiction” (Lowi pg. 107). A famous substantive limitation, or a restriction against what Congress could do, was, and is, the establishment clause, or the separation between Church and State. As the first component of the First Amendment, the establishment clause impedes the government’s ability from establishing a national Church; consequently, due to religious persecution in England in the 1700’s, the establishment clause serves to protect the citizens from the possible tyranny of religion by permitting the accommodation of all religions through assistance and by not allowing the government to show “no favoritism”. Therefore, the United States refers to God on “U.S. currency”