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The First Amendment is used today by people speaking their own minds to whomever they choose. People are aloud to choose whatever religion they want to be. They also start their own assembly all because the first amendment says you are aloud to.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe first amendment allows citizens to speak and express their views without concern of retribution against them by the elected government. In some countries, you cannot question the government. Here, even if we disagree with the elected officials, we are protected and allowed to express that disagreement. The 1st Amendment establishes personal freedoms that the people wanted and now they have it.
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∙ 11y agoFreedom of speech ensures that the Government represents the will of the people. When that goes, we have the 2d to fall back on, which is why most people support it. We are not gun freaks, we are freedom freaks.
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∙ 14y agoThe first amendment is the first right on our Bill of Rights. It states that all people have freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and petition.
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What Amendment is one of most heavily debated amendments today?
The First Amendment
Which amendment to the US constitution would protect. john paul zenger today from prosecution for publishing his newspaper?
First Amendment
What does amendment one mean today?
The first amendment state's a person's basic rights to live in the United States of America
When is the 7nth amendment used today?
The 7th Amendment guarantees the right to a trial by a jury of your peers. It is used today in civil and criminal court cases. It is not used in maritime law, or lawsuits against the government. Some patent lawsuits may also not have a jury.
Why do citizens need the first amendment of the US Constitution today?
The first amendment of the US Constitution has always been needed by citizens of the United States. The freedom of speech, press and religion are necessary to have a representative government.
How does the first amendment affect our lives today?
Because of the first amendment we are able to say, write, and go on the Internet. There are boundaries to freedom of speech, but for the most part we can express opinions and political thought without repression.
Which amendment does the Twenty First Amendment repeal?
The twenty-first amendment repeals the eighteenth amendment.
Who first developed the calendar used most today?
Romans first developed the calendar used most today
What amendment banned prayer from the school?
The First Amendment Establishment Clause has been used to ban organized prayer in public schools.
Amendment that is in effect today?
all of them
How is the 14th amendment used today?
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection in response to former slaves' issues. Some ways this is used today is children being born to citizens of other countries in America and the loss of citizenship due to fraud or voluntary relinquishment of citizenship.
Who was against the first amendment?
who didn't want the first amendment
