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    the state’s tort law, does the constitutional violation occur when the library refuses to include the organization’s literature among its materials, when it embodies a picture of a burning Koran being stepped on by a spiked boot. Rule of law: 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 the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government

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    The first amendment gives the people the freedom of speech, which includes gestures, freedom in the press, and other forms of expression. This amendment also allows people to peacefully come together to petition the government for any problems they would like to have resolved. The second amendment gives the people the right to own and have guns in their possession. The third amendment is the protection from the quartering of troops. This amendment isn’t very useful today but back in the day when

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    United States. The Bill of Rights protects everyday life such as speech, press, and religion. Unenumerated rights from the 9th amendment is the most important amendment in the bill of rights as it protects everyday life that were not particularly mentioned in the initial amendments and past that. The further protection of the rights also goes hand in hand with the 10th amendment giving power to the states that can create new laws that might pass faster with only one state voting for, not 50. The Bill

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    Should there be a constitutional amendment prohibiting flag burning? 1) Describe the issue. Who, what, when, where, why, etc. Some people believe that burning the flag is extremely unpatriotic and disrespectful, while others believe it is an expression of free speech, which is protected under the First Amendment in the United States constitution. In 2006, a flag burning amendment was formally proposed in congress and failed to pass by just one vote. The closeness of this vote is a clear indication

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    In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, a group of high school students in Des Moines, Iowa wanted to show their opposition to the deployment of U.S. troops in Vietnam, and decided to wear black armbands during the holiday season. The school system found out about the student’s plan to wear black armbands, so the principals of the Des Moines schools adopted a policy that required students to remove the armbands or be suspended until the student would return to school without

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    We've long been advised to avoid this and other religiously politically intertwined subjects in polite conversation. If you're like most Americans, this topic makes you frustrated, high strung, or at least a little queasy. From the day the 1st amendment right appeared in the U.S. Constitution, to this present day, and surely into our nation's tomorrows, the proper role of religion in public schools has been, is, and will continue to be a subject of great debate. It is important for school officials

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    The Supreme Court has ruled that groups have the ability to meet in private, since the First Amendment guarantees the right to peaceably assemble. Besides this notion, the right of privacy is also included in the first amendment in regards to the privacy of beliefs, meaning religious practices. The Third Amendment forbids the government from quartering soldiers in a private residence without the permission from the owner. (Field, 2006). This statement

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    Every citizen of the United States of America should be able to express one of their most important rights of an american for society's right to speech. The first amendment is one of the essential rights that americans have. The first Amendment is key the detail to the use of democracy and the respect of our human rights . This amendment describes the inalienable rights of the citizens of the United States. If American citizens are unable to criticize the government, it would be impossible to regulate

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    The first amendment grants the press open access to trials and court records due to it’s ideological premise of a functioning “democratic society”(Gerald, 1991, p. 4) and that a public and open court system has been a historic convention in the United States. Part

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    twenty-eighth amendment, that if ratified to the U.S. Constitution would take the constitutional rights away from all artificial entities such as corporations, and limit all campaign expenditures including the candidate 's own contributions and expenditures. The Supreme Court has ruled on multiple occasions that according to the fourteenth amendment corporations are individuals that have constitutional rights. If corporations have the same rights as individuals, then under the first amendment they have

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