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    The First Amendment one that is watered down, serves as example of the freedom we as Americans have. It is best known as the amendment that lets us say what we want when we want. There is more to it that gets overlooked. It blocks government from establishing a theocracy, grants the people the right to peacefully assemble and protest the government for a redress of grievances. Our press is independent and is given freedom to publish at will. Our freedoms embolden us to speak out and organize for

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    4th Amendment In the late 1700's the 4th Amendment was written because of strong objections to the Writs of Assistance or general warrants. The Writs Assistance gave officials the right to enter any home and seize belongings without a reasonable cause. (Grolier Encyclopedia) The 4th amendment was ratified in the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1771. This amendment protects the people's right to privacy and security. (Encarta Online) The Fourth Amendment states, 'The right of the people to

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    The First Amendment to the United States Constitution founded the concrete belief that government and faith-based institutions must and will remain separate from one another. This section of the first amendment disavows the U.S. government to establish or sanction any system of organized faiths or religions upon the people or to outlaw or disgrace any systems of organized faiths as well. But the line discerning the legitimacy of a faith and the true extent of the government's power over faith-based

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    The First Amendment, Freedom of Speech means: The right to express any opinion without censorship or restraint from dictionary.com. This Amendment has been over protected by the U.S. supreme courts and people all together. And in this rule you have free press, and speak your mind say about a person animal or thing, if it is your honest opinion or truthful. This cannot be held against you in anyways. The first Amendment Freedom of Speech, was passed December 15, 1791, of one

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    Moines (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment applied to public schools and that administrators had to provide constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom. However, in the 1986 case Bethel v. Fraser, it was ruled that educators were not violating students’ First Amendment right by censoring the content of their speech or writing. So are we, as students, protected by the First Amendment or not? Should we be able to write about a controversial

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    Most people are aware and know about the First Amendment which is the right of free speech and recently the Second Amendment has become a big deal too, dealing with the right to bear arms. However not everyone knows about the Ninth and Tenth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment states that ¨The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.¨ The Tenth Amendment states that ¨The powers not delegated to the United States by the

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    The 4th Amendment, Prohibits warrants and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate, was put in the constitution because it protects people from searchers in their homes when the police do not have a warrant. When this amendment was passed it was only for federal government. It was later made the states do this to protect the people’s freedom. The Swindle law group stated “The founders believed that freedom from government

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    The First Amendment to the Constitution prevents the government from impeding the free exercise of religion, disavowing intervention when a religion disagrees with the policies of government. This fundamental liberty has recently come under attack in response to the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage in June, 2015. In response, individual states and the federal government have passed religious freedom laws protecting religious liberty for business owners. The free exercise of religion is a

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    Do you know? 1. What the Thirteenth Amendment provides? The Fourteenth Amendment? The Thirteenth Amendment provides neither slavery nor involuntary enslavement, except as a punishment for crime of which the party shall be duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, nor any place subject to their jurisdiction. This was ratified in1865. The Fourteenth Amendment provides citizenship or naturalization; also that all children born in the United States become American citizens despite the citizenship

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    strong influence in the establishment of a country that attempts to provide a written decency that all should have a right to receive. The fourth amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with many others, created in the Bill of Rights has become seemingly infringed in the name of security and overall welfare to all. The fourth amendment recognizes a right that is very important to many people: the right that protects one from searches and seizures without probable cause. This

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