Day 4

The other day we had the Ed Cafe discousions about the 1st amendment.In that class we went into further dept aout each peice of the first amendment, my part was the right to assembly, which gave people the right to be in a group and do what ever they want with no goverment interfeirence as long as nothing illegal was involved. Another right that i was very fasinated to hear more about was the freedom of press, one point brought up into discousion was how in the library they would have band books that you wouldn't be allowed to read or bring into class in elementry schools. With this situation we discoused about how the componies had the right to publish the books but how the school had the right to deny the books from entering in the school but we discoused that why should the compony be allowed to publish the book and a student not be allowed to bring it into school to read one day, it came down to the matter that the compony has the right to freedom of press and can write what ever they want, but shouldn't the student have the freedom of speech to say that they wanted to read that book in and indepentant reading. What you couldn't decide on weather the school was wrong or right to band these books because it may be a bit inapropreate for their age but if a parent doesn't mid them reading it then why restrict them to not letting them read it. you have to ask yourself, do i want to have more control of what my students can and can't read or should they have the right to read what they want in school.

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In class we were given the option to play our icivics game or to work on out edcafe discousion. I choose to play the Icivics game. I figured out that when i began to play the game i would pick up on certain amendments that i started to remember like the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bare arms, trial by jury, speedy trial, and no cruel and unusual pub=nishments. When i began to look at the peoples problems that i was losing cases on i relized that some of the amendments had loop hoes that i didn't think aout for example for the punishment it had to be cruel AND unusual so if it was just a cruel punishment you couldn't do much about it but let it slide. I found out that their are more thing in real life that if they ever happened to anyone i would know what to do in there situation and relize that i do have a right weather it be to bare arms or to have a speedy trial, no one can violate my rights and go with out being unpunished if you go consult with a layer.

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day 4 post

You can't have a country without a leader. That leader in our case is our President but our president doesnt do it all alone, he is in fact one of three branches. The president is part of the executive branch, the president has the power to veto all of the legislative branches or "congresses" laws or bills but if congress has enough votes they can still pass the bills or laws. The Legislative branch is the only branch that can make laws or bills. The Judicial branch can say what ever they want about congresses laws or bills but they have no say if they get passed or not. Once apointed a judge for life the judges no longer need to use the presidents influence. The president had many jobs that he can do he is the only one who can decide if we go to war, he can make treaties, he can appoint ambassadors, judges, and advisors. The prenident makes all and any armed forces desisions. He also makes speeches to congress and tries to promote his ideas or desisions. As you can see there are multiple things that need to happen before something is passed and made final and that everyone has some sort of power over one another.