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This article is written by a Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. He is describing his stance on personal freedoms and bullet points actions he has taken. The actions include surveillance, privacy, the right to bear arms, and healthcare to name a few.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

This explains a persons individual rights and personal freedoms and that the government cannot infringe upon them.

This article delves into the issue of parental rights. Rick Santorum explains how new government policies and beliefs deny parents the right to raise their children.

Wow great info on this article. I really enjoy reading articles that agree with my beliefs. While growing up our parents didn't worry about the law stepping in on their parenting skills, as long as it was not abuse. But now its hard to even parent our children, without becoming afraid of the government. Who's child is it?

This article shows the different percentages of how Americans trust and view the Federal Government. For the first time in many years, the majority say our freedoms are threatened.

This article is about how society is feeling that the government is taking away our freedoms. Over half of the people that participated in a poll say that the government is threatening their rights and freedoms.

This article discusses how, even though the Chinese government made positive steps towards addressing the rights of the disabled, it did little to quell discrimination. The Chinese government ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, but the disabled still greatly face discrimination, especially on the grounds of employment.

Incentive of the abuse of power within the American Government. The every evolving concept of personal freedom that is America and a small and restricted government in the United States.

Every day the federal government as well as state and local governments pass laws to make us a safer society. As they make our society safer they are slowly eliminating our rights, liberties, and our personal freedoms. Where is the balance? Is a safe nerf ball society worth giving up our freedoms for.

Every day the federal government as well as state and local governments pass laws to make us a safer society. The government wants to regulate abortion, religion, sex, child discipline, marriage, and free speech.They want to control what you can post on the web, what your kids wear to school, where you can walk across the street, what you can watch in titty bars, what you can say at the office, where you can pray, where you can get high, who you have sex with, what kind of sex you have, what jokes you can tell, and when you can spank your children.

The article discusses how easy it is for the government to take things away from you with very little effort. The author also brings up alot of his own personal views on society and how things are ran in america.

The right to protest has been a major point of freedom for the US. It's a fundamental right written in the constitution. Now lawmakers are trying to take away that freedom by making it illegal to protest.

The real problem is the groups that are vandalizing and rioting, and then claiming it is their right. Because of these people, these states are trying to do something that should never even be a thought. Basic human rights shall never be taken by Americans as long as we don't allow it. @albertskarsten you are absolutely right " We the people hold the power"

The right to peaceful protest should never be taken from the American people. I do not condone the violence and rioting that occurs, and laws pertaining to that are pertinent, but not peaceful protest. So many things have been accomplished because of these types of protests in our history. As a woman I would not be participating in this class if it weren't for the people brave enough to protest for equality. It is a travesty that government officials, who should know and understand the rights given to the us in the Constitution, would bring about legislation to override said rights.

With there being hundreds of articles dealing with polls of people being asked if there rights are threatened but the government, this one shows that 53% of people they asked feel the government is taking away personal freedoms.

This article talks about married gay couples rights when faced against both state and federal governments. It is an interesting look at the discrimination many gay couples face today despite being legally married.

The goal of the ACLU is to guarantee that all are free to practice their faith-or no faith at all-without governmental interference. Through litigation, public education, and advocacy, the ACLU promotes religious freedom and works to ensure that government neither prefers religion over non-religion nor favors particular faiths over others.

All people have the right to practice their faith without government intervention. The government cannot prefer any religion over others.

Interesting blog on the legalization of drugs and the right to control your body. With emphasis on the federal governments contemporary prohibition policy.

The United States was built on land taken from Indian nations. Treaties between the US and the Indian nations over land is being overruled by the federal government. The federal government has been overruling sacred places on Native American land.

Everyday, the native American community is pushed further into the ground by the American government. Though they were in the America's first, there is little respect to their traditions. This article focuses on thirteen touchy subjects for Native Americans.

the issued shown here are very important issues people don't see native Americans go through. as a Native American myself I see these issues everyday such as a resent issue of a Native American being strutted by a border patrol agent was in a way swept under carpet. the article gives us what native Americans face even the issues where the u.s. had treaties with the native Americans and did not do anything to help resolve the issue but keep in hidden as much as they can.

The freedom of the press is vital to American democracy as Kacey Finch illustrates in her article. She describes the role of the press as working for the people. The press serves to provide transparency of the government.

The article highlights on the positives of freedom of speech within the media. Through examples of the past and present, it shows the value of providing the truth to the people.

The author of this article sheds light on the importance of freedom of press and what can happen when that freedom is threatened.

first amendment: an overview The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. See U.S. Const. amend. I. Freedom of expression consists of the rights to freedom of speech, press, assembly and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and the implied rights of association and belief.

court ruling expanded the ability of state and local governments to exercise eminent domain powers to seize private property under the guise of "economic development" when the "public use" is something as non-public as a new housing development or shopping center that would generate more tax revenues even in situations where the government takes property from one private individual and gives it to another private entity. cities may now take private residencies to build shopping centers and malls.

Is privacy real? Google records websites visited on computers to pop up ads, that's how they make their money. Privacy is seeming less like a right and more of a goal. With surveillance of the government are infringing more upon citizens privacy. Why should the government be able to view our emails when Hillary Clinton deletes all of hers and is backed by the FBI?

I completely agree. I feel that privacy is a mere illusion in our society. Just because their is no paper trail, does not mean that there is no digital fingerprint. The government has always been a double-standard in how they have the power to make the rules, and yet they break them. People like Hillary just have more connections and the means to get themselves out of trouble.

This was a very interesting article. It does give a lot of truths about how the goverment has gone behind our backs and gone through people's private information at times. It is not fair at all for the government to be doing something like this without reasonable suspicion and a court order.

The steps that are being taken to guarantee government funding for Planned Parenthood. It needs to be protected.

The article talks about privacy exemption and how it is used as an important tool for protecting personal information in the government. But it is overused to stop the release of a wider range of government information.

This article is about how the government is cutting back on antiracism. In 2018, estimates published by the previous liberal government there was $800,000 for antiracism initiatives.

Wow, this is shameful. We really should scrutinize budgets like this more often.

This topic focusing on the right to primary eductation to be fee free in the USA. In this article they discuss the right to education to ensure access to quality schools and to an education that is directed towards the full development of the human personality. This articles hits six priority human rights principles relevant to education in the United States.