The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides 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 the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Granted, the acts of such orders as the Ku Klux Klan, Black Panthers, and the Skinheads surpass the protection of the First Amendment. However, the mere beliefs of each of these organizations can not be diminished from society. Under the Constitution of the United States, the American people are free to have faith and believe in anything they choose too. To prevent any of these groups from their beliefs is equally as unjust as preventing the late Mother Teresa
from her beliefs. Such beliefs are well protected under the First Amendment, however, expressing these beliefs with the intent of instigating animosity or conflict is not prote!
Racial slurs and derogatory remarks are not protected in any way by the constitution. They are in fact, against the law. The "fighting words" law is an exception inserted to the constitution to prevent people from causing unsafe conditions. Whether it be yelling fire in a theatre or calling a person a derogatory remark. "The supreme court has held that words that " by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace" are not constitutionally protected"(cooper and Macdonald ).
heard at one point or another somewhere else. An educated way of handling this sort of a problem is by educating students about society and its realities. Using th
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