The Bill of Rights (a story drawn in strips): Political Cartoons

Jacoby’s uses an example to demonstrate how selectively applying the First Amendment shows has unintentional and unconstitutional consequences. Jacoby reinforces the importance of upholding the First Amendment using

The bill of rights, written by James Madison, is the original 10 amendments. These amendments protect our personal freedoms and outlines the responsibility of out government. The people are the “protectors” or enforcers of these amendments. The first amendment is the most important amendment while the 3rd amendment is no longer relevant.

Originating in the 19th century, political cartoons are created and drawn as a means to deliver a message. Whether it be about politics, events or social concerns, the artist is able to express themselves creatively. The cartoons are not only meant to express the view of the creator, but are also open to interpretation. Most political cartoons have a biased point of view and uses rhetoric to persuade its audience.

Political cartoons are an illustrative technique that political cartoonist use to display a message to the viewers about government, world affairs, and politics. In 1754, publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette published the first political cartoon illustrated by Benjamin Franklin (West, par. 1). Benjamin Franklin used his first political cartoon, titled Join or Die, to gain support from the colonies for the Crown’s war against the French (West, par. 1). Since the 1700s, illustrators use political cartoons as a medium to display political messages to its viewers (West, par. 1). On March 10, 2015, publishers of the Columbia Daily Tribune published a political cartoon, illustrated by John Darkow, titled Hillary Has A Primary Opponent (Darkow,

"The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.(Wikipedia)" As people during the Bill of Rights we where either on the federalist side or the antifederalsit side. It shaped American identity by proposing ten amendments to help protect American citizens. Then the first ten amendments got ratified and since then American citizenshave better protection from other countries and each other. It help fit the needs of a new changing nation.

The political cartoons of the 1800s reflected the feelings of many laborers of the time. The American Revolution began in the early 1800s and continued through much of the 19th century. The low wages and high fees of being a laborer, added to the long hours many worked, made people desperate to find a better way of life. Despite their need for a better life, many laborers had little skill or ability to anything else. As the cartoon shows they are being crushed between their high rent that they are required to pay and the low wages being driven by the new monopolies and corporations of the time. Eventually riots broke out in the cities as the workers got more and more desperate to push for an increase in wages.

Discuss at least one Supreme Court case of significance related to three of the provisions of the First Amendment.

The United States Bill of Rights plays a central role in American law and government and remains a fundamental symbol of the freedoms and culture of the nation. One of the original fourteen copies of the U.S. Bill of Rights is on public display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Throughout the course of American history, the court systems of the Judicial Branch have determined what is and isn’t acceptable in today’s society. Without the precedents set forth by the Supreme Court, the people of America would run wild and not have any disciplinary consequences. Although some cases that appear before the judges may be simple and easily acquire a unanimous decision, many hearings cause much controversy not only for the justices, but for the American people as well. Even though the Constitution of the United States states in the Second Amendment citizens can legally bear arms, it is still a hot topic that tends to cause much debate. Despite the substantial tensions about the right to bear arms, the Second Amendment was not

The house of representatives makes and passes federal laws. They are one of two chambers that creates the U.S legislative branch. The house may even be referred to as “the people house” because it’s representative’s are viewed and based upon the population or amount of people in each state. In this political cartoon, there are two sides one side is labeled “the people's house” which is the outside view of the Capitol building, while the other side shows citizens inside the Capitol building scared. The Capitol building holds meeting's and debates with the electives, however, the scared citizens show a negative connotation because they are not providing respect to the building and what's surrounding them. The ironic part of this cartoon is

This political cartoon ties into my theme since it shows how the man is stressing over the news and thoughts and how he must relieve himself from it all. Not only that, but it also ties into the passage Why I Went to the Woods by Henry David Thoreau. This can be proven as it is seen in the passage when the author says that the character would mine and burrow their way through the hills in front of them. With this being a metaphor, the author uses figurative language as he explains how the character in the passage is trying to get away from all of their bad thoughts, trying to leave all of his stress behind but the stress just continues to pile up, just like a hill. This also ties in with my Theme and my political cartoon since they all show

The Bill of Rights refers to the first ten amendments of the U.S. constitution that were ratified in

3- the defendant(gideon) asked the court to appoint counsel to represent him in the trial,the court denies his request and subsequently informs gideon that the only time the defendant could be appointed counsel was if he committed a capital offense.the judge then tells gideon to defend his case with no council present,and gideon pleads innocent . the court

The 6th Amendment provides those on trial, whether they are juvenile or adult the right to cross examine any witness that has been offered against them. It means that the trial must be assumed in an area where the crime really happened and it gives the right to the juvenile and the adult to a speedy and fair trial, which is exposed for everyone.

The Hispanic male tells the audience and Mr. Murphy that there are two cops who asked him to show them his ID for no reason. Mr. Murphy explains to him that running from police is the worst thing to do when you see a police man; and that’s the seventh rule. Lawyer