to many other countries but how free is America really? Let’s take a closer look at the first amendment in the Bill of Rights, which is the outline for any American citizen’s rights. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercises thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of press.” ("The Constitution of the United States," Amendment 1 ). Americans have the right to freedom of speech, religion and press, but how often is
The First Amendment is an amendment that protects the right of speech, petition, assembly, religion, and press. The first amendment 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 people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances.” (heritage.org) The First Amendment was created in 1789, by James Madison who was also nicknamed
First Amendment When talking about the First Amendment, the law protects us from freedom of speech and free exercise of religion and it also stops Congress from making any new law to prohibit free speech and free exercise. The case involving a Christian printer who refused to print gay pride T-shirts. The printer declined the printing job for T-shirts promoting a gay pride festival on religious grounds, but he did offer the customer to help them find other local printers to do the work for the
President and all those who disagree with Colin Kaepernick’s decision should take time out and revisit the First Amendment and also research “The Flag Code”. Colin Kaepernick and anyone else has the first amendment rights to protest whenever,wherever and however they choose to. The First Amendment states that all Americans have the right to freedom of speech and to peaceably protest. Amendment one state, “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
The First Amendment was created in a way, to ensure that all those who seek freedom, in speech, press, religion, and assembling can do so. However, recently freedom of religion has not been fully secured. For instance, there has been bans against immigrants sorely because of their religion stereotype. Something that is contradictory to the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...". The First Amendment should be able to encourage each and every religious
First Amendment When talking about the First Amendment, the law protects us from freedom of speech and free exercise of religion and it also stop congress from making any new law to prohibit free speech and free exercise. The case involving a Christian printer who refused to print gay pride T-shirts. The printer declined the printing job for T-shirts promoting a gay pride festival on religious grounds, but he did offered the customer to help them find other local printers to do the work for the
The first amendment was ratified in 1791. The first amendment gives people the rights to religion, freedom of speech, press, assembly and petition. As many things in life the first amendment has its positives and negatives. For instance people who have other beliefs can now go out and practice those beliefs. Before it wasn’t like that, you had no choice of what religion you wanted. If you were born a Christian that’s what you would have to be. Now Christian’s become Catholics or Catholics become
written. At the same time, he promised that the first task of the new Congress would be to amend the Constitution by adding a bill of rights. 2. Creating the Bill of Rights In the first presidential election, held in 1789, George Washington became the nation’s first president. John Adams of Massachusetts became vice president. Debate and Approval in Congress While Congress debated other issues, Madison sifted through nearly 100 proposed amendments. He chose those that seemed least controversial
American National Government Professor Poulios 10-5-17 The first amendment to the constitution was ratified in December of 1791 and proclaims that “Congress 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.” Whilst the first amendment has guaranteed some very important rights, they can also be
James Madison wrote the 10 amendments, known as the Bill of Rights when several states requested protection of their individual liberties(BILL OF RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1791). The Federalists argued that the Constitution didn't need the bill of rights because the people and states kept any powers that was not given to the federal government. However, the Anti-Federalists felt the need to have the bill of rights for safeguarding individual liberty(BILL OF RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES