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    The first amendment states your basic liberties. It is one of the most important bills in the bill of rights. These basic liberties are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government. This amendment also has a lot of historical significance and there are a lot of court cases today that involve this amendment. There are also quite a few current issues involving the first amendment. Freedom of Religion means that the government

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    The first amendment is like using sunscreen for your skin. Without it your right for freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition wouldn’t be protected, just like your skin wouldn’t be protected from all of the harmful UV rays from the sun. This amendment was written in the Bill of Rights in 1791. The Bill of Rights is a document of the first ten amendments which were written in order to limit control of the government, and give more rights to the people. This amendment protects these

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    I would need to say yes that obliging him to go to the meeting in which prayer to God is directed abuses his First Amendment Rights. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution addresses religion in two regards. To begin with, it restricts the government from establishing a national religion. Opportunity from religious abuse is an essential motivation behind why numerous foreigners resulted in moving to this country. Allowing individuals the flexibility to pick how, when, and where to worship is

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    Included in the first amendment is Freedom of Speech. This part of the first amendment is important because it is our human right. Freedom of Speech gives the people of the United States opportunities to be heard by the freely. Also, people can agree or disagree with one another. America has grown as a country due to changes being made possible with having Freedom of Speech. Alas, there are times where there must be a line drawn to protect American citizens under the first amendment. Sometimes cases

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    The first amendment grants religious freedom to all citizens of the United States but when does that religions power and actions go too far, and when are we supposed to draw the line? The First Amendment grants religious freedom to the Citizens of the United States allowing them to believe what they want and freely practice their religion. This goes as far to say what happens when their power goes too far. Whether it be deemed illegal or something that the states don't feel should be going on. Should

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    Des 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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    Essay on Reflection on the First Amendment

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    the government for the redress of grievances” (United States Constitution). In 1789 the anti-federalist main concern was that the Constitution’s lack of adequate guarantees for civil liberties. To provide such guarantees, the First Amendment along with the other nine Amendments known as the Bill of Rights were submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789 and adopted on December 15, 1791. This was a guarantee of the essential rights and liberties that were omitted in the original documents

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    The First Amendment say’s “Congress can make no law not allowing freedom of speech to be used by the people”. Now I will give u some historical background. The First Amendment without a doubt was an action against the silence of free speech that existed in The English society. Until 1694, there was a complicated system of licensing in England, and no public was allowed without a government license. Blackstone, with his famous commentaries in law, said that “the liberty of the press say’s laying no

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    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

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    origins and how they came to be. Simple rights such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition are all examples of the Bill of Rights, which defines the first 10 amendments of the Constitution. These amendments are not just added, they must go through a process. In order to understand the process, there needs to be a clear understanding as to what exactly is a constitution

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