|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 271 - 280 of 1316 matching essays
- 271: Homelessness
- ... Jim feels that they are using these bans against the homeless to “try and run them out of town”. (Jim) Many of these laws that discriminate against homeless people are in direct violation of the constitution. The first amendment says that “Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech.” (Constitution) Making it illegal for homeless people to ask for money limits their right of free speech. The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty released a report about Hopper 4 homeless children attending school. Homeless ... with the homeless people of Santa Cruz so that he understands what they go through. Rick is fighting the camping ban as well as working towards receiving funding for a year round shelter. United States. Constitution. First Amendment. United States: 1788. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of ...
- 272: Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language
- ... the Macarena a loud if someone reads it to you, whatever. The fact of the matter is, freedom of speech is the law. I have in my hand, not that you would know this, the Constitution of the United States of America. In this constitution, there is this little thing called the Bill of Rights which contains the first ten amendments, the first being the freedom of speech. Article I of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." Translated, this asserts that I can say what ever the !@#$ I want to.† Ooh, I'm sorry, I hope you closed your eyes ...
- 273: Napoleon 5
- ... the republic established by the French Revolution and he supported the Jacobins. Soon after he joined Abbe Sieyes in a successful coup d etat to overthrow the Directory. In overthrowing the Directory, Napoleon issued the Constitution of the Year VIII. The new constitution was established universal male suffrage that suggested democratic principles, a complicated system of checks and balances that appealed to republican theory, and a Council of State the evoked memories of Louis XIV. The new constitution in fact established the rule of one man the First Consul, Bonaparte. He was elected the First Consul, he was the first modern political figure to use the rhetoric of revolution and nationalism, to ...
- 274: Subliminal Advertising Is Fair
- ... buy, subliminal advertising will almost always affect you without you even knowing it, and its perfectly legal. If a company has the money, the time, and the sense to use the first amendment of the constitution, there is no reason why subliminal messages cannot appear in their advertisements. To produce a subliminal advertisement, a company must pour in a great deal of money to get the consumer wanting their product. An ... federal agencies have regulations against deceptive representation, yet have yet to directly address subliminal suggestions due to its indefinite consequences. There is no law that forbids a company from making more money. Specifically, in the constitution, the 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 for a redress of grievances." By outlawing subliminal messages in ads, the US government would directly violate the first amendment of the constitution. Since the subliminal messages are protected under law, any person that would even try to go up against one of a number of ad agencies, would surely by crushed by the multi-million dollar ...
- 275: Hazelwood History Of Censorshi
- ... television show would vanish . . . School textbooks would be so watered-down as to be meaningless. Newspapers would be forbidden to run controversial stories . . . . (American Voices 117) The basis of American freedom is guaranteed in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights by the First Amendment which states that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . .” (as quoted in Student 9). The right of freedom of ... took their school district to court. Smart and the other journalists at Hazelwood East felt that their freedom of press rights had been violated and as Smart pointed out, “It’s right there in the Constitution. It doesn’t have an age limit. Censorship is not legal in this country,” (Thompson A8). The case went to two lower level courts, losing the first and winning the second, before heading for the ... individual rights is intolerable from any state official. It is particularly insidious from one to whom the public entrusts the task of inculcating in its youth an appreeciation for the cherished democratic liberties that our Constitution guarantees (Hazekwood 580). According to the dissenting opinion, three of the five justices found that this case arose when the Hazelwood East administration breached its own promise, dashing its students’ expectations. The school principal, ...
- 276: Multiculturalism
- ... who believe they are free and want to have a say in their government. Since someone from any culture can be American, multiculturalism has not exceeded the purpose for which it was intended. In our constitution it states that "all men are created equal," our nation was built by more than one culture, and the intentions of the idea of multiculturalism are to make the world totally free of any type of bigotry or racism. The constitution stating that all men are created equal explains the general idea of multiculturalism. Every person has the opportunity to do whatever he or she wants with themselves. The individual has the same rights as any ... cases over whether a person should be able to hang an American flag in their own front yard if there is a high population of Haitians in the area. This feeling is eliminated by our constitution. Our first amendment states that people have the right to express themselves in anyway that suits them best. Our country will stand up against any foe who does not respect our culture because we ...
- 277: Plato vs. Aristotle
- ... This may be a result of the fact that today's political philosophy differs from both philosopher's. While Aristotle and Plato uphold the good of the community or state above individual good, today's constitution includes a bill of rights that guarantees the rights of each individual in the nation. Having these individual rights is a necessity for today's citizens. Going back in history to 1787 will show that one of the reasons there was controversy in the ratification of the constitution was that it did not include a Bill of Rights. When the drafters promised that as soon as the constitution was ratified, a Bill of Rights would be added, the doubting states proceeded to ratify it. According to Plato and Aristotle, a Bill of Rights is not necessary because it does not improve the ...
- 278: French Revolution 5
- ... to draw up a new consitution for France. The king closed down the hall, but the members went to a nearyby tennis court and there took an oath (June 20) not to disband until a constitution was written. The pressure of public opinion was so much in their favor that Louis XVI was forced to reconize them, as he did by the end of the month. Bad crops and famine conditions ... privileges with compensation to owners. A few years later the compensation was also abolished. On August 27 a Declaration of the Rights of Man, similar to the American Bill of Rights, was issued. The new constitution was completed by July, 1790, and the king accepted it. But Louis XVI's behavior was never consistent. In July, 1791, he tried to flee the country in order to reconquer it with the aid of Austrain and Prussian armies. He was caught, however, and popular feeling ran against him. He now accepted a revised constitution, in September, 1791, and the assembly dissolved. A legislative assemble was elected, and it met from October, 1791, to September, 1792. The legislative assembly was dominated by the Girondists, who wished to set up ...
- 279: Frecnch Revolution
- ... as the other two combined. It insisted that all the estates be merged into one national assembly and that each representative had one vote. The third estate also wanted the States-General to write a constitution. The king and the first two estates refused the demands of the third estate. In June 1789, the representatives of the third estate declared themselves the National Assembly of France. Louis the XVI them allowed ... in the Convention finally attacked him as a tyrant on July 29, 1794. He was executed the next day. The Reign of Terror ended with Robespierre's death. "The Convention, which had adopted a democratic constitution in 1793, replaced that document with a new one in 1795. The government formed under this new constitution was called the Directory. France was still a republic, but once again only citizens who paid a certain amount of taxes could vote." (Woloch, 527) The Directory began meeting in October 1795. In October ...
- 280: Adult Entertainment and The City of New York
- ... good have been superior to the individual property owner. In a democratic society, it is accepted that the public good outweighs the interest of the individual. There are however, protections by the law in the Constitution that limit the power and action by the government in the name of the public good without compensating the individual affected by the policing of activity on a property. When the government interferes the freedom ... the Fourteenth Amendment, the government within the states cannot take property without "just compensation". When the interests of the Department of City Planning are integrated into the simplicities of the property rights vested in the Constitution, the department has the power to set regulations on the public's behalf, but in exchange, must compensate the individual for his loss of control or total loss of the property ownership. Furthermore, as these ... Taking Clause. It is not of this firm's duty to defend the content to which the adult entertainment enterprise profits from, it is the firm's duty to apply to law set by the Constitution to protect the property rights of all owners of private property. The impact of the adult entertainment establishment may well have effected "the decrease in property values of surrounding business and residents. This would ...
Search results 271 - 280 of 1316 matching essays
|
