11/7/07 In re: Gault -- Panel Intervview at the Constitution Center
Last Wednsday, at the ConstituionCenter, I went to a special event. It was about Gerald Gault who 40 years ago had a court case that ended up getting all kids the right to a lawyer. When he was fifteen, Gault was sentenced for prank phone calls he didn't even make. He was arrested. Back then kids didn't have the rights that grownups did. When kids were arrested the police and courts did have to had comply with the 14th Amendment. He filed a habeas corpus petition which went up to the Supreme Court. It was an 8 to 1 decision and the Court said that kids have the right to counsel, a lawyer in court, and the right to notice which says what you have been accused of, and the other rights that adults had.
The event was set up like a panel or an interview. There was a lady from NPR, GeraldGault, Joane Epps, and Hilary T, and ELizabeth Scott among one other member. It was a very interesting. In Hilary T"s.case she wrote obsene words on a My Space
she meant it as a joke but was not taken lightly. She was taken to a detention center. When she was taken to the court she asked for the right to counsel (a lawyer).
At the end, there were questions. When it was over, I GOT TO MEET GERLAD GAULT UP CLOSE AND PERSONALLY. We shook hands and I told of a project I did last year about due process and how I was working on a project about searches and seizures in kids lockers. Gerald said that when he was a kid they searched kids lockers and even confiscated what they found. IT WAS A VERY COOL FUN NIGHT. This is helpful to kids so that they don't go to jail unless there is a good reason and a fair process.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
On wednesday Nov. 7th the constitution center will be having an event about the constitution and kids who have gone to jail. to me It sounds really interesting.I sunds like it's talking about how people are protected when a crime is commmitted.Last year at my old school we had a book called we the people.one lesson talked about when you have a court case what your alowed to do adn what is considered a serious case.one of the examples was about Geradl gault and how he was tried and the case was done wrong.Sadly I don't remember all the specifics but that's what I think it was about from the lesson. There wil be others speakers at the assembly too.so if this sounds interesting to you then go.
Photo Distortion
photos change how things look in real life.I saw a picture of a a street near a graveyard you'd never knew it was near one.There was a car you couldn't tell wheteher it was coming near you or going away.some poeple thought it was near a city while others thought it was near a farm.no ne gussed it was near a cememtary.This is one example of distortion.
freedom vs. security
Which is more important security/freedom?
Are you a great mind when it comes to government? Lets see. I think to have a government that works well people need both freedom and security. There is no trait that is more important when it comes to ruling a government. After doing the Ichip simulation I found this to be truer then when we started this simulation. Here are three reasons for this opinion.
The First reason freedom is important in having a workable government is If we took away our right to speak out and give opinions or protest the government could do whatever they feel like. In a case like that no one would have a say. Another example is in the I chip simulation the citizen group was protesting against the I chip and the president ripped up one of the signs, sign threw it on the ground and stamped on it. In hat example the citizen’s freedom of speech was taken away. In this example it may not seem like a big deal but if you can never say what you think it becomes a big deal.
Another example is the case of Shay VS the U.S. In that case Shay was protesting against the Ichip and in the spur of the moment to the president shay said, “ I’m going blow up the your house.”(A.k.a. the white house) the president threw shay in jail. shay was taken to court. She was innocent because 1 she didn’t have an actual plan to blow up the white house. 2 In amendment one it stated congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise there of; the freedom of speech.
The reason that security is important is to help with security. The ichip can help protect us from Terrorists. Terrorists can be anywhere for example Wanda was a terrorist and no one didn’t knew that she was until shay’s court case. So the government’s job will be to make sure no citizens are in harm. One example is make sure Terrorists don’t attack again like they did on 9/11.That’s where the ichip come in.
The ichip is mainly positive with all the help it can do for the citizens such as, protecting us from the any harm mainly terrorists. On the negative side people who don’t get the ichip are questioned if their answers seem suspicious their are watched very closely b y the government. Which invades a person’s privacy. The government shouldn’t invade any ones privacy .Another issue is the terrorists can get the ichip with out any one knowing. That would be the next issue the ichip would have to fix.
Are you a great mind when it comes to government? Lets see. I think to have a government that works well people need both freedom and security. There is no trait that is more important when it comes to ruling a government. After doing the Ichip simulation I found this to be truer then when we started this simulation. Here are three reasons for this opinion.
The First reason freedom is important in having a workable government is If we took away our right to speak out and give opinions or protest the government could do whatever they feel like. In a case like that no one would have a say. Another example is in the I chip simulation the citizen group was protesting against the I chip and the president ripped up one of the signs, sign threw it on the ground and stamped on it. In hat example the citizen’s freedom of speech was taken away. In this example it may not seem like a big deal but if you can never say what you think it becomes a big deal.
Another example is the case of Shay VS the U.S. In that case Shay was protesting against the Ichip and in the spur of the moment to the president shay said, “ I’m going blow up the your house.”(A.k.a. the white house) the president threw shay in jail. shay was taken to court. She was innocent because 1 she didn’t have an actual plan to blow up the white house. 2 In amendment one it stated congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise there of; the freedom of speech.
The reason that security is important is to help with security. The ichip can help protect us from Terrorists. Terrorists can be anywhere for example Wanda was a terrorist and no one didn’t knew that she was until shay’s court case. So the government’s job will be to make sure no citizens are in harm. One example is make sure Terrorists don’t attack again like they did on 9/11.That’s where the ichip come in.
The ichip is mainly positive with all the help it can do for the citizens such as, protecting us from the any harm mainly terrorists. On the negative side people who don’t get the ichip are questioned if their answers seem suspicious their are watched very closely b y the government. Which invades a person’s privacy. The government shouldn’t invade any ones privacy .Another issue is the terrorists can get the ichip with out any one knowing. That would be the next issue the ichip would have to fix.
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