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The Pros And Cons Of The First Amendment

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The first amendment protects our everyday life when it come to speaking, Writing, religion, signing a petition,or gathering together for a protest. Congress shall make no law respecting any of these topics. The scenario at hand explained how a group of students set the flag on fire and they all got arrested, the real question is however, are the police within their rights to do so? Overall, there are two sides to the subject, one is, the students are able to burn the flag and should not be punished at all, the other side is that burning the flag infringes upon our rights and it is not allowed. The students are able to burn the flag and they shall not be punished. The students weren’t doing anything, they acquired a permit and they didn’t do
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I don't necessarily agree nor disagree with the author. America has basically been doomed from the start. When the 2nd amendment was created James Madison probably didn't think that 100s of year later citizens would use it for as an excuse for mass murders across the country. The amendment will not be nullified anytime in the near future because most states wouldn't support this decision. Most citizens own a gun either legally or illegally for protection.

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Today, it’s hard to imagine the U.S. Constitution without the Bill of Rights. However, when the founding fathers we’re drafting the Constitution they didn’t feel the first ten amendments were necessary. The three men that believed these amendments should be included were, George Mason, Elbridge Gerry, and Edmund Randolph (4). James Madison was responsible for drafting the document and came up with seventeen sections (4). This number then got reduced to twelve, but only ten of those twelve were ratified.

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Ever since the Constitution was written, chaos has ensued. The states have split into two sides: the Anti-federalists, who oppose the Constitution, and the Federalists, who support the Constitution—both of whom have argued in writings, such as the Federalist Papers. Anti-federalists rightfully believe that a president has enough power to become a tyrant, similar to British kings in the past. Therefore, they request for a Bill of Rights to be added, ensuring that the citizens have power in government as well, in order for them to ratify the Constitution. The Anti-federalists are supported by Virginia, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, while the Federalists are prominent in Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey,

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e Constitution, there are several rules and regulations that are clearly stated that allow the government to know exactly how to rule the country. However, the creators of the Constitution also left somethings out so that future leaders could determine and interpret laws in a way where they were not really restricted to doing something one specific way. This helps a lot when it comes to the changing of times because the time during in which the Constitution was drafted and ratified, the environment of the nation was much different from what it currently is today. The Constitution, from then to now, has barely been changed which truly shows how well thought out it was compared to say the earlier government called the Articles of Confederation,

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Schnayerson Steel Prof, Weatherill ENG 102 6 March 2023 1984 and Constitutional Rights The second amendment provides Americans with the right keep and bear arms and form a well-regulated militia. Forming a militia could provide the proles and Winson with a place to stay safe to an extent since this could also put them in danger, this is how it reads in the constitution, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state. ” The right to keep and bear arms is to have a gun and to be allowed to carry it, this is how it reads in the constitution, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The second amendment of the United States Bill of Rights is the most beneficial amendment to the people

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The Second Amendment (in the constitution) is one that can bring up hours and hours of debate, maybe the most of them all. These debates, unfortunately, will never come to an end because there will be know agreeance in what would be done. In my opinion, what is trying to be done right now is not going to work, the politicians in office right now want to stop the weapons and not the perpetrators. Every time there is a mass shooting/bombing the idea of gun control comes up and it is not going to get us as a nation anywhere because that is not the issue. We know who is doing these mass murders such as the Boston bombings, Paris attacks, San Bernadino shooting, and Brussels attack that happen just this morning, stricter gun laws would not have

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The First amendment also protects speech (Hall,2016.) The plain language of the clause, several words mean something different than what is plain (Hall, 2016.) First, the clause limits the authority of Congress, but in reality it limits all three branches of the federal government (Hall, 2016.) Second, the term speech is used (Hall, 2016.) The Supreme Court has held that more than the spoken word is protected (Hall, 2016.)

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The First Amendment states that there shall be no law respecting an established religion, preventing the freedom of speech, or preventing the right for people to hold peaceful assemblies. I personally believe that the freedom of speech is the most critical out of the three freedoms. The freedom of speech encompasses all the freedoms in the First Amendment. Without the freedom of speech, there can not be peaceful assemblies or the freedom of religion. All of the freedoms requires the right to freely express opinions.

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The first amendment gives us our freedom of religion, freedom to peaceably assemble, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech (Obscenity and Pornography. Cencage). The first amendment counteracts the government from restricting the amount of details and information that is allowed to be shared. With that being said, that does not necessarily mean that there are no limitations. If the outcome is a crime then it is not protected.

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