Forum 1.5 - Importance of Writing down Rights

9/5/2017

Guiding Thought Question: Why is it important to have rights written down? Shouldn't citizens trust the government to do what is best for them and not take away their freedoms? Give an example to support your answer.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the freedoms afforded to them through the constitution and how those rights are guaranteed through the constitution. Students will complete a picture representation of the main rights granted by the bill of rights and then discuss rights from later amendments.

25 Comments

Dalen Hanquist

9/5/2017 11:49:09 am

It is important to have peoples rights written down because that way we have a way to reference them when we need them. For example if a cop comes to your home and asks to search your house without a warrant, they have to leave if you ask them to.

Chloe

9/5/2017 11:50:58 am

It is important to have all of the rights written down because that gives people the freedom to look at them and fully know their rights. People can still trust their government to do what is best for them but it is nice to still know your rights so you are not fully depending on your government. Cause if you are having a debate with one of your friends you don't want to have to call up your government to settle your debate.

aleyse evers

9/5/2017 11:52:11 am

To a certain extent citizens should trust the government to do what is best for them, but once you give them too much trust history has told they take that for granted. You have to have your rights written in stone so they can't take them away if they feel like it.

Eliza Stephen

9/5/2017 11:52:18 am

If laws are written down it is less likely for people to get confused and try to bend a law or rule to benefit them. There would be no confusion on either side of the law. It would be nice for citizens to be able to trust the government but the government could easily change the law verbally if they don't like what people are doing. The law would be unchangeable if it was written.

Karoline

9/5/2017 11:54:29 am

It is important to have rights written down because then there's proof. If there is a company who keeps records of every sale, then there is much less chance for an employee to get away with stealing money. If you say the company should just trust their employees then it's not fair to the customers who need to use the store. Having a written record protects the rights of people better because then there's a specific law to judge crimes against, and then there isn't a variation between courts of how the law is used.

Hailey Battreall

9/5/2017 11:55:40 am

It is important to write rights down in case there is any questioning what rights we have. For example if someone wanted to debate against a right were supposed to have, we have a copy in writing to tell us exactly how its supposed to be

Regan

9/5/2017 11:56:10 am

When rights are written down there will be no confusion on what it means or what the rights are. It is also a way for people to refer to the rights when needed. If they were not written down then citizens may not have as many freedoms and issues could arise.

Sierra McMains

9/5/2017 11:56:29 am

I think that it is very important to have rights written down for the citizens to see so they know what they are aloud to do. If they cannot see what they have the ability to say, or do they would not be able to express those rights. Plus the government would be able to say no you can't do that, when we really can. Like if you are using your freedom of speech, and the government forces you to stop, you would not know that you could keep speaking without having the ability to read your rights.

Teagan vaughan

9/5/2017 11:56:44 am

It is important to have the rights written down because not everyone is as honest as we wish they were. When the rights are written down we can have it as evidence to prove the government is following the rights or not.

Mackenzee

9/5/2017 11:58:10 am

it is important to have our rights written down so there is no a way to stray away from them on 'accident' so bind them over time. Also having our rights written down insures us the ability to know, understand, uses our rights easier

Kristianna

9/5/2017 11:59:25 am

If rights are not written down, then they can be seen as not official and the government would not necessarily follow them. Theoretically, citizens should be able to trust the government to do what is best for them, but if it is not written down in law, they may not be inclined to follow them if it would make them go out of their way to allow those rights. If it is easy to reference your rights, then you can easily see whether or not you are actually receiving your rights. If you think your rights are being abused, then it is easy to call the government out on it.

Anna

9/5/2017 11:59:58 am

It is important to have rights written down so you don't forget what rights you have. Some people might not be aware of exactly what their rights are so the government could try to take your rights away without you realizing it. You also can't insist that you that you have rights that you actually don't.

Sophie Horvath

9/5/2017 08:50:07 pm

I think that the rights of citizens should be written down because there are government people that can take advantage and get a citizen in a lot of trouble.i think some people have more trust than others in our government but sometimes people put to much trust in the government and that's what is getting them in trouble.

Ally Lowry

9/6/2017 07:50:40 am

It is important to have rules written down so we have something to look back on. If we don't have them documented then we would have to go by word of mouth and that isn't always accurate.

Izzy Gunderson

9/6/2017 07:52:54 am

It is important to write down our rights down so we know what they are. With rights written down, the government can't take those rights set in stone taken away.

Lauryn

9/6/2017 07:53:48 am

It's important to have your rights written down so you can look and read your rights and so people can be more aware of them. Also you can go back a reference it if needed.

slayer player

9/6/2017 07:53:48 am

The government writes down laws so that they don't change. I think lots of people do not trust the government. But some people trust the government to much which allows the government to get away with more things.

Bob P.

9/6/2017 07:54:39 am

If it's not written down, they're up for oral mistranslation and, despite their current status of being "represented", they'd be misrepresented even more.

I guess if you wanted to use that snitch George Orwell's example of only the pigs being able to read, it'd be up to the pigs to be honest or not with the rest of the animals.

Riley

9/6/2017 07:54:46 am

Rights should be written down so that everyone will never forget them and they will always be there for the government to protect them. It's sort of like a reminder of our rights and what they are. If the government does something against our rights we have the right written down to show what it was that they had broke.

Seth

9/6/2017 07:54:57 am

The rights of people should be written down because some people are more aware of rights than others so if they are not written down than some people might not know they have certain rights or they might think they have rights that they don't really have.

Tori

9/6/2017 07:57:11 am

Writing down laws and regulations is important due to the fact oral tradition is almost never the same story. The story is always changing,to become bigger and better then the last time. So, that's why we have the constitution. But I think the people should trust the government more because they are the people helping us change the world for the better.

Gracia Rojas

9/6/2017 07:59:43 am

It is important to have rights written down because if they are written down then it is clear to people what they mean. If rights were said and never written down, it would be easier to change or take them away. If they are written down then we can trust that they won't change. It gives the economy a base of rights to build off of.

isabeau

9/6/2017 08:00:40 am

It might be important to have faith in our government, it is also important to have things written down because our government is OK but they are not perfect, and can make mistakes. It is also to protect us and our rights encase the government is trying to break our rights. Or if we the people try to make something up and say that you heard it somewhere.

Hannah

9/6/2017 09:24:36 am

It is important to write down laws because if they weren't written down, then citizens wouldn't know what rights they had. Citizens should be able to trust the government, but if rights aren't written down, then they might try to get away with certain things that they normally wouldn't be able to. For example, if a person decided to become a specific religion and the government told them they couldn't then that would defeat the purpose of the First Amendment.

Dunavan

9/6/2017 11:53:46 am

Having rights written down leads to people being able to prove they are in the right. It is also used able in a court of law and wont be dismissed.

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