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The First Amendment and the Six Clauses or Freedoms current news item

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Link:  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-backs-cdc-research-reopening-schools-dismissed-biden-chief-of-staff The news stories that I chose to use in this post was “Fauci backs CDC research on reopening schools dismissed by Biden chief of staff” The first amendment condones that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or preventing the free exercise thereof, the freedom of speech as well as of the press, the right to peaceably assemble and to petition. However, the first amendment does not condone including threatening the President of the United States, obscenity, speech that violates intellectual property law, and many more. In this news story you can relate three of the six clauses, or freedoms which include speech, press and the right to peaceably assemble. Freedom of speech relates to this story about  Dr. Anthony Fauci backing the CDC’s research on reopening schools because under the first amendment, he has the right to express his opinion without

The Founding Era & the Idea of America

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 Link:  https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/supreme-court-facts      After watching the video, I learned that since its very first session on February 1st, 1970 more than 100 justices have served on the U.S. supreme court with each serving an average of 16 years. While I knew that justices are appointed for life, I did not know that the constitution does not state this explicitly, instead stating that justices “shall hold their offices during good behavior”. I was surprised that throughout the history of the supreme court only Samuel Chase in 1805 was the only justice to ever get impeached. While I know that once a justice dies or retires from their position that the President of the United States has the power to nominate a person to replace them with, it surprised me to learn while watching the video that the constitution does not specify any qualifications for the nominee as well as they have to submit a detailed questionnaire. Another thing that I learned while watching th

Five Top Sources of News and Information

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  1. New York Times -  https://www.nytimes.com/       I like to get my news from the New York Times because they provide a wide variety of news topics/stories including sports, politics, world, U.S. and much more. I also liked reading the physical copies of the NY Times that my parents would receive everyday since we lived in Connecticut and they would provide me with local news that was happening in the Tri-state area . One reason why you should use the it to get your news is because like I stated above they offer a wide variety of news for you to choose from. Also, the New York Times has been around for about 170 years which means that it must be a pretty reliable source for you to get your daily news from if they have been providing millions of Americans and people around the world for that long.       2. BBC News -  https://www.bbc.com/       I like to get my news from the BBC because unlike the other news sources that I like to get my news from the BBC it is the only one that is b