Chapter 4

               

Freedom of speech is important, but should be limited. If you have something to say about the government or the president , that would be ok as long as you don’t say something like I’m going to kill the president or bomb the white house.  To harm someone is very wrong, just because you don’t like the color of their skin or the things that they say.  The freedom of the press is good to because without them no one would know what’s going on around our nation or the world.  I think freedom of speech goes too far sometimes.  It should not be protected for anything that relates to degrading a person, mean comments to people with disabilities, bullying children, threatening someone either in person or on the internet.  To me it is unnecessary to purposely hurt someone with words of violence,  trying to start a war by rioting.  It’s okay to take a stand for what you believe, just not with violent words or throwing rocks, bottles or burning flags.

There should be a separation of church and state. I don’t think they should teach religion in schools.  There are a lot of people that don’t go to church but do believe in god. School‘s are suppose to teach children math, social studies, reading, and writing. Religion should be taught in church.  If you taught religion in schools, would it be all of them or just one type? I don’t know what it would be. I do know that it would be confusing to a child if that child never went to church or the school was teaching them something different then what they know from church.

                Accused criminals should have some rights until they are convicted. After that happens all their rights should be taken away. I do agree with the search and seizer laws, and the Miranda rights. However, I think police officials sometimes go through the Miranda rights so fast that the person being arrested truly does not understand or forgets what their rights are. There have been people arrested and interrogated for hours because they have not thought about getting a lawyer because they are too nervous and can’t think. I believe the Miranda rights should be given to a suspect twice. First, while being arrested and second before interrogations, so that a person really understands what they have a right to. The length of time of an interrogation that law enforcement uses is wrong in my opinion, I know they try and wear that person down to confess, but they should not be able to pressure that person for 12 or more hours or play good cop, bad cop. If they have evidence that proves this person did this crime then the interrogation should not be that long. Just put them in jail; let them have an attorney and wait for trial.