More than One Base Raised to a Negative Power
The rule for raising a power to a power is applied to an expression in which a monomial in parentheses is raised to a negative power.
Most Basic of Rights, The: Fourteenth Amendment Extends First Amendment Guarantees to States
How do you protect individuals and minorities against the danger of state-based legislation that will violate their rights? The equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment allow the Supreme Court..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Freedom of the Press...Has It Gone Too Far?
Freedom of the press was an important element from the early years of this country. For a brief period in the late 18th century the Sedition Act limited the right of the press to criticize the federal government but that..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Implied Right of Privacy, The
In 1965 the Supreme Court added privacy to the list of protections, reasoning that the freedoms in the Bill of Rights imply an underlying right of privacy. In succeeding decades that interpretation has led to several con..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Increased Protection for Free Speech
Protections for free speech increased throughout the 20th century. In reviewing cases that arose from the Espionage Act in World War I, the Supreme Court established a "clear and present danger" standard. Even during the..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Is Freedom of Speech an Absolute?
Even in the United States free speech is not an absolute. Competing values and interests are sometimes adjudicated in an attempt to design institutions and create legal rights that will meet broader needs.
Most Basic of Rights, The: Limitations on Free Speech
In recent years, free speech limitations have been driven by equality issues, particularly concerns about hate speech that targets minority groups. The fact that it is a crime to deny the existence of the Holocaust in so..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Obscenity...Is It Free Speech?
In terms of freedom of expression, equality interests are often at odds with liberty interests when it comes to obscenity. The trick with obscenity is to define it. The written word is rarely labeled as obscene, and fewe..
Most Basic of Rights, The: Religious Voice in the Public Square, The
First Amendment; ban against established religion; Supreme Court; neutrality on matters of morality; concerns about removal of religious voices
Most Basic of Rights, The: Struggle for Rights
Freedom of speech, the most basic component of the first amendment, is more extensive in the U.S. than other countries of the world. But this freedom did not come without a struggle. In fact, ratification of the Constitu..