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Blog Post 4

 Blog Post 4 I would say that you would have to seek out a lot of research to find these kinds of websites because the government does not want you, the American people, to truly know what they are doing and that what they are doing is illegal. We talked about in class how it is important that the American Public should be aware of what the United States is doing because Congress, the President serve us, they are suppose to do what is best for us. And some of these military actions they are doing, violate so many laws by doing these kinds of things without the approval of the public. Some of the articles I read, in regards to Iran back with the killing of Soleimani. Or the attacks in Syria both in 2017 or 2018. Sure the majority of the public supported the reasons behind those attacks, but we did not want to go to war with anyone. We knew about the General of Iran being a dangerous man and it was reported that he was planning an attack against the United States. And the Syrian gove...

Supreme Court/ Blog Post 2

 The United States Supreme Court was founded in the year 1789, it was brought into light and reality with the passing of the Third Article of the United States Constitution, which was signed by President George Washington. The first official SC meeting was held February 2nd, 1790. The history and importance of the Supreme Court is that the SC has the power of cases over all courts in the country. The Supreme Court has the ability to pick and choose which cases they wish to look at. The way the Supreme Court works is that if a certain case can not be settled in the lower courts, it will make its way up all the way to the Supreme Court. The court consists of 9 presidential appointed judges who will serve for a lifetime or until they want to retire. They are confirmed/ denied by the US Senate. The Chief Justice also sees over all of the impeachments, as they did with the impeachments of US Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton (both were aquitted) and including Donald Trump who w...

Blog Post 3

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 What comes to your head when you think of the Black Lives Matter protest? To me, I think of a mix of peaceful protest followed by riots and looters. It is no secret that the death of George Floyd was a tragedy, and you won't find many people who disagree. I saw the protest rise in the days following the death of Floyd in my own city of Cary, North Carolina. I was driving home from work one night when I got a quick glimpse of one. But are these protests protected by the first amendment? Truly are they? In some cases, yes they are. You have the right in the F.A. to peacefully assemble, and I have seen protests like these, as well as videos of other peaceful protests around the world. What does the First Amendment condone? According to the Constitution, 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...