Violation of the First Amendment In 2015, Presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed that he would consider shutting down mosques in the United States. Now being president, he created an executive order mandating the closure of all mosques which is a violation of The First Amendment of the Constitution which states that the “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Every single person in the United States have the right to express their religion of preference or no religion at all, however him or her wants without offending anybody, and the best way to protect religion’s liberty was by keeping the government out if it and creating this First Amendment freedom of religion, to separate the church from the state. According to the Legal Information Institute (2007), there are two clauses that guarantee the first amendment freedom of religion. The first one is “The Establishment Clause” which prohibits the government from passing legislation to demanding an official religion or promote one religion over another and “The Free Exercise Clause” which makes sure that the government does not interfere with a person's practice of their religion. From a Constitutional perspective, Donald Trump’s policies violate the First Amendment by creating this order he
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 to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
In The New York Times’ article called “Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal” published on January 27th, 2017, David J. Bier expresses his personal opinion about the execute order signed by Trump that supports to bar all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries. According to Bier, the order is illegal, since Congress outlawed all discrimination against immigrants and American citizens based on nationality, race, sex, place of birth, or place of residence by means of The Immigration and National Act of 1965. However, Bier explains that the 1965 law does not ban discrimination based on religion, which was Mr. Trump’s original proposal. The author uses examples to prove that presidents have used their powers many times to forbid
According to First Amendment of US constitution, people have freedom in choosing their religion; any organization or laws cannot prohibit this right. Similarly, the section 6 Freedom of worship in Texas Constitution expressed the same concept; all men have the ability to worship the Almighty God, depend on their own concern. However, the First amendment and Section 6 have some differences. The First amendment contains 2 more freedom in human rights; freedom of speech and in the press. It means that no matter what situation people have power in publishing or talking anything they want. While the Freedom of Worship only contains the protection in religion. It stated that no one can control or interfere with one’s religion. Further, Legislature
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, the same day that thousands commemorated the National Day of Prayer, that claimed to “vigorously enforce Federal law's robust protections for religious freedom.”
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s Muslim ban executive order, saying it violates the First Amendment’s prohibition of government establishment of religion and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantees of equal treatment under the law. ACLU is against Trump.
Regarding Erwin Chemerinsky’s article from January 29, 2017, “Op-Ed Trump's cruel, illegal refugee executive order,” I am happy to see this issue raised publicly. I believe Trump’s banned order is unacceptable because it is discriminate, unconstitutional, and inhumane. Firstly, it is discriminate because no one should be banned from entering the Unit States of America base on the nationality. This means any banned nationals with immigrants are not allowed and discriminated with voided visa. Secondly, it is unconstitutional because this order is breaking the first amendment which allows an individual’s region should not favor over another. In the article, Trump also told Christian news that will give Christians a greater help. Thirdly, it is
The First Amendment protects citizens’ right to practice whatever religion they choose, to assemble peacefully, to have freedom
As the 1st amendment declares "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. We the people have the right to chose are own religion, to say what we feel that must be said for our freedom and to assemble peacefully. The government must have mercy on us and let us petite them for redress of grievances.
On his seventh day of office, president Donald Trump signed an executive order that bans seven countries that are predominantly Muslims entry into the U.S.; some are temporary while Syria is the only one that is indefinite. Even during his campaign for the presidency, Trump made several promises on banning all Muslims so he could make the refugee laws stronger and the nation more secure. This order is based on seven countries that do not have any refugees linked with terrorism-related offenses that occurred on U.S. soil. America is a nation that holds ideals that every human being possess basic human rights. The United States is a nation built on those ideals and this executive order is in contrary to it. Donald Trump’s executive order against
The establishment and free-exercise clauses of the First Amendment state: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free-exercise thereof.” Most Americans assume that the First Amendment to the U.S Constitution requires a ‘wall of separation between church and state.’ The government is prohibited from supporting or endorsing any religion, or promoting one at the expense of another. The federal government is not allowed to interfere with the individual rights to freedom of worship. It is said that the government may neither compel nor prohibit religious exercise. (BCP)
Trump’s Executive Order 13769 prohibit Syrian refugees and lawful immigrants coming from the seven Muslim countries has caused chaos throughout our nation. Immigrants with lawful visas were detained on their travel to the US while the flights were cancelled for those who strived to fly to America. Under the Constitution and laws, this Executive Order is unconstitutional. While it is true that foreign nationals involved in the 9/11 attack, the Executive Order targeted countries that have not killed a single American. As a matter of fact, the ones that involved in the 9/11 attack were 15 people from Sudis, 2 United Arab Emirates men, 1 from Egypt, and 1 from Lebanon (Roosevelt). Strangely enough, Trump banned the countries in which he doesn’t have economic relationship with; however, the countries that have business links to Trump are excluded from the immigration ban list (Hincks). Because of this, the Executive Order doesn’t necessarily abate terrorist threats, for Trump choose the wrong countries to put on his ban list. The Order violated the fifth amendment by “targeting individuals for discriminatory treatment based on their country of origin and/or religion, without lawful justification,” as stated in the US Constitution
One of the rights is located in the First Amendment as the Establishment Clause. The Establishment Clause states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This prohibited the federal and state government from declaring a religion under their government and allowed the freedom to practice any religion that a citizen wished.
Banning immigrants based on their religion is unconstitutional. It is stated in the constitution’s first amendment.”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.” Trump claims he wants to “make America great again”, but how if the first thing he wants to do is break the first
In answer to this question I offer the first amendment which 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.” Ratified on December 15th 17913 this clearly states that our government by their design shall make no law respecting the establishment or free exercise of religious views, If we were to
When it comes to President Donald Trump many peoples mind is not far from his thoughts on the word “illegal immigrant”. An illegal alien also called “illegal immigrant” or “undocumented immigrant” refers to someone foreign born and noncitizen to the country they reside in. It is “the migration of people across national borders in a way that violated the immigration laws of the destined country.” (Center for Media and Democracy, 2008) Many people have asked in Trump’s immigration order is legal? Or if he abusing his presidential powers when it comes to the matter of immigration statues. Not long after Donald Trump first came into office back in his inauguration in January 20, 2017 he issued an executive order which blocked the entry of refugees and aliens from seven different Muslim countries. The order was briefly drawn while more other important matters were being made. It is to be known that the administration did not take these 7 countries from the anti-Muslimism imagination but were based on a statue signed by past president Barack Obama. These countries were: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan. President Barack Obama signed the enact because these countries were thought to be anti-American and seen unfriendly to the U.S. Because of this James Robart had issued a