Balanced Budget Amendment

rule works with the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to protect the people from law enforcement overstepping their boundaries. Security is crucial to human performance. In order for democracy to function correctly, the people must feel safe. The Fourth Amendment works to build American sense of security by protecting…

With the anomaly of a particular few states, the rights of private property have overridden the first amendment rights of people within shopping centers. The original purpose of these “civic centers” was to perfect the downtown environment. If one is to go these downtown centers, the right to publicly protest and exert ones right to free speech is legally…

Imagine the role of a woman in the early 1800s, waking up and right from the “get-go” feeding and clothing children while trying to keep them in line all day. The latter half of the day spent cleaning the house and cooking a meal in preparation for the husband to return. During the early years of the 19th century women were expected to be proper and hold themselves with respect. They were not encouraged to pursue an education, their only role was to “play house” and be a mother, Margaret Sanger…

Swarthmore College before moving to England and attending a training school where her whole career started. Alice Paul is a revolutionary figure because of her outstanding determination to acquire equal rights for women by establishing the 19th amendment and, confounding the NWP organization. Alice Paul made…

One of the most important things I have learned in Government class this year is that your government should be afraid of you; not the other way around. But how exactly do states have more power when you give all the power to the government? If your government is allowed to sneak through the loop holes of loose construction, they rule the country. If states’ rights are protected and they control how much power the government has, that’s strict construction, and they rule the country. That is why…

words of George Washington “When firearms go, all goes - we need them every hour.” The right to have guns in our homes today is important. Strict gun control is not a necessity, however, guns in the hands of responsible owners is. The second amendment, no matter when it was written, protects that right. There are some that believe that with more gun control laws comes less gun violence. However, if we look at other societies such as Germany or Britain, we can see that even with strict gun…

Both offered support and to help with the lawsuit, with this soon it was fully underway. Courts now faced the question, “Do first amendment rights apply in the classroom.” (Natalie Boyd, 2015) First the case was taken to the U.S. District Court, the arguments made by The School District were that: freedom of speech was not absolute, and the arm bands would have caused the distraction…

thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. In fact, the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution 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 for a redress of grievances” (US Const. amend. I). Also listed in the first amendment is the freedom from oppression of faiths and…

something. Throughout the year, it seemed as though the First Amendment had been liberally thrown around during controversial times. Due to this year’s subjects of controversy being surrounded around the First Amendment, some Americans are suggesting that the First Amendment should be regulated or restricted in special cases. Although it seems like only a few extreme number of people would even assert the idea that the First Amendment gives too much freedom, this idea is becoming more common…

requirement, 875(c) criminalizes negligent speech, which would violate the First Amendment and be unconstitutional. In a previous case, Watts v. United States, the Court mad an exception to the rule for “true threats” of physical harm. Elonis emphasized that it is a limited exception, differing to most First Amendment cases. He argued that the exception for true threats does not remove negligent speech from the First Amendment protection. In this case, after all the arguments are given for…