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    country was founded upon. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a ratified correction to that document stating “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.” (U.S. Const. Amend. I) In the very first portion of the First Amendment, the framers of the Constitution

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    In the United States, the 1st amendment in the Constitution was created to protect the citizen’s rights to speak, practice religion, assemble, petition, and publish freely without government interference.However, throughout the years the freedom of speech since it was inputted into the constitution in the Bill of Right in intention to control over the concern of too much governmental control. Through the years in additional amendment was added, the fourteenth amendment. Which extends limitation to

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    The First Amendment is number one on my list because in addition to including the right to freedom of religion, it protects freedom of speech. This is very crucial because as long as freedom of speech remains intact, it is difficult to take away other rights since the people can protest infringements on their rights. The Ninth Amendment is second on my list because overall, the Bill of Rights is a short document compared to documents that outline the rights of the people in other countries; thus

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    When it comes to the Bill of Rights, which amendment would you say is the most important? When asked this question I will always say the first amendment. The first amendment is the biggest and baddest amendment of them all. This covers a lot of the freedoms that are valued by many. The First Amendment protects our freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to assemble and petition the government. Freedom of religion supports the right of a person or group to practice their religion in public

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    is the highest court in Texas that hears criminal cases, overturned his conviction, saying that the State, consistent with the First Amendment, could not punish Johnson for burning the flag in these circumstances (http://www.streetlaw.org/en/Page/674/Background_summary__questions_). . Cornell University Law School defines the First Amendment as follows: The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is important for the common good so that all American citizens are able to express him/her in

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    media. Many groups involved themselves in either trying to support that Texas violated Johnson's first amendment right of freedom of expression, or tried to get a new amendment passed to the constitution stopping the burning of the United States’ flag. The final decision by the Supreme Court on June 21, 1989 was by a 5 – 4 vote, that the Texas court of criminal appeals violated Johnson's first amendment rights by prosecuting him under its law for burning a flag as a means of a peaceful political demonstration

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    promote religion. Most teachers struggle, and have a hard time dealing with religious symbols in public schools. In order to understand it better, one must look closely at the first amendment and how it relates to public schools. From my understanding, and through various court rulings, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment states that public schools are not allowed to promote religion or antireligious beliefs, but teachers can use religious symbols to teach their content, as long as it is tied

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    Limits? Why or Why Not? Introduction First Amendment protection of free speech has long been recognized to be essential to democratic governance, in part because social progress would stagnate without the free exchange of ideas between citizens. However, there are practical limits to what constitutes protected free speech and these limits have been codified into law by Congress and enforced by the federal courts. This essay will argue that the First Amendment is important to protecting the democratic

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    presented in various sacred documents in America. In America, citizens are protected by the First Amendment, which is the freedom of expression (speech, press, religion, protest, etc), without any guidelines to follow. Judges ruled that “burning and other desecrations of the flag are protected as free speech under First Amendment.”

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    already had on our First and Second Amendment rights and how it may effect gun control regulation in the future. Part II of this paper will focus on the process of how 3D printers produce physical objects. This section will explain the computer files that are used in order to turn them into three-dimensional objects. The most noteworthy objects so far have bene the 3D printed guns and gun parts that have been designed by Defense Distributed. Part III will discuss the First amendment implications of

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