"He can't say that!"
Bill of Rights, Amendment I "Congress shall make no law... abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble…"
Bill of Rights, Amendment I "Congress shall make no law... abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble…"
The Texas Tribune published an article that described a shooting in a Dallas suburb and the probable cause of it. After investigating, it was believed that due to an event that held a contest which was mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Despite it being harsh words or things used against Prophet Muhammad, that still didn’t justify two men shooting up the venue. The two men tried to shoot people who participated in the event but ended up hitting a security guard which caused a police officer to kill the men.
The article about the shouting in the Dallas suburb figured that it all happened because words or jokes were made to one’s religion. The governor and everyone else believes that the actions taken aren’t justifiable since it’s in the constitution that people have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and etc. This situation relates to the 1st amendment in the Bill of Rights because this amendment talks about how congress shouldn’t make any law that would alter the right of the people to peaceably assemble. In other words, the congress can’t make laws that interfere with people’s natural born rights, like freedom of speech, religion, press, etc.
The political cartoon I chose represents freedom of speech that is included in the 1st amendment. The cartoon shows a pedestrian walking past a wall that has an unfinished statement on it. The statement says,”Support the first amend,” which shows that someone was stopped in the middle of writing it. The person was writing support the 1st amendment and the significance of it being unfinished is because someone who doesn’t support it stopped them from their freedom of speech. It also lets us know that someone probably didn’t agree with what that person could and could not write.
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