Nicole Chiapperino

                                                    In America, we value our freedom over most things. In our First Amendment, we are given our freedoms that no one, including the government, can take these away from us. There are Eight Values of Freedom Expression. One of these Eight Value’s include “Check on Governmental Power”. This was stood out to me because it includes our freedom to challenge the government and stand up for what we believe in. Check’s and Balances are used to divide the power of the country into 3 branches. These branches are able to make decisions individually and come together to provide the rights that citizens are owed. You don’t have to be high up in power in order to challenge the government. Everyone has the right to challenge. And everyone should use their rights. In my opinion, if you do not use the opportunities you have, to make a change then you can not complain when things don't go your way. Just like I say, if you choose not to vote, you can

  In the movie, The Coded Bias, it shows the facial recognition in technology and how the technology is parallel with past beliefs of race. The meaning is exactly what the title says, “The Coded Bias”. The coding in technology, and the bias it is following. This movie talks about how technology today is better at recognizing lighter skin males rather than dark-skinned men. In the UK police are using facial expression and it is against human rights. For example, there was a man that noticed he was walking by a facial recognition van and he decided to cover his face so he was not recognized. He was then stopped by police and given a fine. But why? He did nothing illegal. That is just one of the examples of freedom being taken due to facial recognition.  It was spoken about in the movie how, How are people supposed to change this if they don’t even really know how it works? They were using a model at Amazon that was scanning through resumes and not passing through any women’s applicatio

     The First Amendment specifically states citizen’s freedom of speech. Freedom of speech has shown to be one of the most important parts of the constitution. Freedom of Speech gives citizens of the United States the right to stand up for what they believe in. Freedom of Speech is followed by the right of the people peaceably to assemble, which includes forms of peaceful protest. One of the most prevalent protests and examples of freedom of speech I have ever witnessed is “Black Lives Matter” (BLM). The BLM movement was strung into full force after the death of George Floyd. Protesters started off the movement by fighting for Floyd and his brutal death due to police vitality. These protests turned out to develop a huge showing and were able to catch media attention all over the country. As talked about in the CNN article, BLM protests had over 5 times as many attendees than any other protest, which shows the amount of public interest. Peaceful Protests have made a huge impact on Am

                                                             The Supreme Court, the top of the Judicial branch of government. The supreme court consists of 9 justices. The justices are “appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate” (UScourts.gov). This means that the president will get to pick someone that he thinks is deserving of the position. But, as we saw in the video, this is not a termed position. Unlike the president and other government positions, this position is held for an average of 16 years.      So, you may be asking what is the Supreme Court? What do the justices do? Well, the Supreme Court handles the highest standard cases that have already gone through trial. These cases come at about 7,000 per year. But, because of time restrictions, the Supreme court will only take on about 100 cases per year. These cases have been argued before in a courtroom but may have been appealed. If someone is appealing a case, they may send it to the Supreme Court