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Jessica Carver

About the First Amendment | First Amendment Center - news, commentary, analysis on free... - 0 views

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    This article states why the first amendment is as important as it is. Why the freedom of religion should be free, as well as every part of the first amendment. These are rights are taken away daily from all Americans.
Marshalette Dawkins

First Amendment | LII / Legal Information Institute - 0 views

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    The article outlines the rights afforded under the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The article discusses freedom of speech under the amendment, as well as freedom of religion
Penny Hinch

First Amendment Be Damned: Out of control TSA threatens bloggers - 2 views

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    written 3/12/12; TSA attempts to silence bloggers that speak out against the TSA and ignoring their first amendment rights.
alexis casillas

Free Speech | American Civil Liberties Union - 0 views

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    ACLU'S trying to defend the first amendment and allow people to have more control of their personal information. The country has always struggled with freedom of expression, especially if it opposes government beliefs.
Amanda Bernardo

U.S. Constitution: First Amendment: Annotations pg. 19 of 21 - 2 views

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    Very good factual information that can be used for privay research. This site explains to a T exactly what the first amendment is supposed to do for us. Crazy how the government is doing exactly the opposite in a lot of ways.
Maurice Cooper

Man With 4th Amendment Written On Chest Wins Airport Lawsuit - 0 views

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    A Virginia man won a trial in his lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for being detained on a disorderly conduct charge. his first case was lost but his second one was won.
Kevin Sugihara

A civics lesson on the back of a dollar bill? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonit... - 0 views

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    Do you know the number of articles in the US Constitution? Can you identify the right outlined in the Fourth Amendment? Any idea which amendment abolished slavery? Most Americans can only guess at the answers. In fact, a paltry 6 percent understand the rights and freedoms found in the First Amendment, reports The National Constitution Center, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia.
bethanieannj

Free Speech Issues 101 - 0 views

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    This article talks about the rights that come with the first amendment. It explains our freedom of speech, to assemble, to petition, and the freedom of press.
Jessica Bruck

Separation of Church and State: A First Amendment Primer - 0 views

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    The right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution along with other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. In order to guarantee an atmosphere of absolute religious liberty, this country's founders also mandated the strict separation of church and state.
Penny Hinch

Freedom of Religion - 0 views

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    The First Amendment contains two clauses about the Freedom of Religion. The Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from interfering with a person's practice of his or her religion.
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    This is a website that talks about our first amendment rights in relationship to freedom of religion.
Laura Sutphen

Freedom of Speech - 0 views

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    This talks about the first amendment, freedom of speech. It tells about how the government intervenes and disrupts this freedom.
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    Freedom of speech, of the press, of association, of assembly and petition -- this set of guarantees, protected by the First Amendment, comprises what we refer to as freedom of expression. The Supreme Court has written that this freedom is "the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom."
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    This is a great little article showing how important freedom of speech is. It shows how without have our freedom of speech people couldn't fight for all their other freedoms. 
Chris Nielsen

First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    This article is just simple stating the First Amendment of the Constitution. I posted it because alot of people now are unhappy with the way that the economy is going, but also do not excersize alot of there rights. They are not a contributing factor to making this country better.
Heather Thomason

What Does Free Speech Mean? - 0 views

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    Many people get confused on what freedom of speech actually means. This website gives specific details on what exactly freedom of speech does mean and whats acceptable, like burning the american flag. At the same time it outlines what would not be seen as freedom of speech, such as something that would harm another person.
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    The Article explains what is included in the right to freedom of speech and what the freedom of speech does not include. It also has other links regarding free speech under the first amendment.
Albert Morales

Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church's Right to Military Funeral Protests - 0 views

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    Our first amendment is freedom of speech. Speech also includes written word. The supreme courted ruled that protests at military funerals, is freedom of speech..
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    U.S Supreme Court ruled that protest at military funerals was okay, because of the first amendment. Chief Justice John Roberts said that protestors could not be held accountable for the damages sought by the family of a fallen Marine. Speech is powerful. People have rights, but often they take it too far.
Kevin Sugihara

Americans Know Their Simpsons, but Not Their Rights - 0 views

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    The random telephone survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted Jan. 20-22, 2006 by Synovate, an independent market research firm. The five First Amendment freedoms, and the percentage of those surveyed who were able to name them: One in five respondents said the First Amendment granted them the right to own and raise pets, as well as the right to drive.
Kylee Roberts

Laws of same sex marriage - 0 views

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    In 1993 Hawaii amended their state constitution to view same sex marriage as other states were amending theirs to prohibit same sex marriage.
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    it list important dates of when same sex marriage was legalized . Also it list what countries was first ,and the acts of law and so forth...
tinazamarron

Does censorship violate the first amendment? | Debate.org - 0 views

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      Shows the pros and cons of the personal freedom violation
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      Both have good reasons on why it is argumentative
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    Censorship and freedom issue
justin thomas

United States House of Representatives - Amendments to the Constitution - 0 views

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    this is another page containing the first 10 ammendmants of the US constitution as well as the other 17 ammendmants made after the initial bill of rights. this page is informational in knowing how the US government is supposed to treat the peoples personal freedoms.
Jason Garner

Freedom of Religion (Informational Paper) - 0 views

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    Freedom of religion, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, involves two important components. The first is a prohibition on the "establishment of religion" by government - the separation of Church and State; and the second, ensures that the government allows for the practice of religion (Perry, 10).
Jacqie Powers

Article - Clothing, dress codes & uniforms - 0 views

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    An article from the First Amendment Center discussing dress code in schools. A continuing topic of debate and I can see both sides of this one.
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