Cold war and the first amendment

After the world war 2 , tension started to arise between the biggest global power in 1945, The main players in the civil war were The United States of America and the Soviet union. The main tensions scaled even though far before the second world war. The main confrontation argument was the ideological systems of government, by this i mean Capitalism and Communism.

However the escalation of the cold war began through the 50s and 60s when both Soviets and Americans started to made their way through the global stage , being by invasions, fear, or mutual benefit. However behind all of this mayor global strategies , there was another conflict in the United States, the 1st amendment allowed those who were not on favour of the global conflicts. 

The first amendment was a major player by applying pressure to the government decisions and their future plans, the civil rights movement also influenced the option of the population and the government but in that period the cold war and the vietnam war were topics that were really hot topics, which affected many families , friendship and ideas. 

The capitalism and communism topics were really significative into the families because many were affected within their jobs and communities , this period was really important for 1st amendment because even though legally , speaking and expression was legal , the cultural rules affected those who were willing to express their ideas. 

The Civil Rights Era

The 60s period was charged with change and confrontations, most know the civil rights era because of racial confrontation and debate , however he civil rights era were far more than just protest and revolutions. The 60s were a full scale cultural change , it affected artistical , musical and social attitudes , likes and traditions. The success of the civil rights was simply because of the first amendment, such tool allowed dialogue between population and the government.

The 1st amendment is the key of democracy , because after all the american democracy is the only one in the world that can dialogue with the government without legal punishment. However the 60s weren't all flowers and music, On the 60s the world was introduced to many global tensions such as the Cold war , the Vietnam war and the american occupation of american troops in South america. What civil rights supporters was that the american government and the population were true to their ideologies , how come the land of the free are occupying South Vietnam , and many locations in South america.

Even though the Civil rights movements was successful,  there were many other arguments that did not were not revised such as homosexuality , immigration , economic systems , liberty and many other topics that were silenced for a while over the argument that the civil rights was completely successful therefore such topics were not on the table for a while.

Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg               

 Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg  was a legal case directly related to Brown Vs Board of Education, the complain was made when the Swann family and other rose legally to overcome the Charlotte-Mecklenburg busing system, what happened was that Charlotte-Mecklenburg decided that since segregation had become illegal un public accommodations the administrative elites of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg decided to segregate the schools by implementing the busing system with the argument that busing worked by sectoring the routes of the buses and surprisingly it only and in majority only benefited the white and the high elites of the sectors.

 What was most significant in the case was that the people that were affected were children and even after 15 years after Brown Vs Board of Education the racial segregation culture had almost had no effect in the attitudes.

The fact that even after the mandate of desegregation in almost all sector of society, and that white executives made legal and strategic forms to promote segregation into families and the children. However after revision , the supreme court mandate that Charlotte-Mecklenburg had no authority to segregate and to affect the propaganda of racial integration.

  Brown Vs Board of Education

One of the most significant cases in the history of the Supreme court of the United States is Brown, Vs board of education, the context in which that case took place was the in the beginning of the civil right era, under great pressure to change laws and to create a new cultural revolution the American traditional beliefs.

• A brief description of the case:  During the registration of school ,  several african-american children  attempted to join one of  Topeka's white schools , however such institution did not allow the registrations of the children under the arguments that it was no meant for them. Under their argument Oliver Brown a ,parent of one of the children , filed a claim aiming at Topeka regional school system. His argument claimed that the school system did not had the authority to not allow the registration of the children under racial idealism.

However the federal district ruled that the decision of the school board, was under the right to do so , because the difference between white and african american school were ''substantially'' equal. Such decision caused rage within the parents of the african american families all over the country and making Mr. Brown to appeal to the supreme Court.

In 1967 the case made its way to the supreme court and was under review, Chief Justice Earl Warren

 lead to the decision that  racial segregation in the school system was unconstitutional, and aimed directly at the Equal protection clause of the fourteen amendment.

• Background: After the partial integration of african american individuals to the traditional american structure, judicial and social laws surfaced to partially try to have 2 different societies, one of these methods was to implement 2 different school systems (White and Colored), technically both system could have equal installation and quality but in reality the level of both system were very different , from installations to locations and everywhere in between.

• Importance: Authorities or society do not necessarily stand up for whats correct, all thought history many cases of such display of force from one race to another to prevent integration had surfaced through every culture, however children should be protected from racial idealism because segregation do not only apply to a physical level, it has psychological , social development. If children are raised in such environment ,then the  outcome of such social phenomena would affect several generations to come.

The new journalism 

Journalism and news have experienced a revolution ever since the massive growth of the internet,  new connections , globalization and the global competition has made journalism and news take a new direction. In the first place the more obvious of all its the fact that newspapers have been replaced by webpages and blogs, the use of the internet as the medium to make contact with the reader its a great decision since the internet can be accessed so easily and free, however since the internet its available for anyone , journalists and companies that promote news have change the aim from quality to survival , the fact that anyone can write anything in the internet has made the readers have a larger offer of news and subscriptions, therefore some companies have only publish in stories or events that will keep the journalism alive. 

The second fact of why journalism in the new era has made such change is that people have become easily manipulated by the media therefore new writers and journalist chose to pursuit other jobs or activities due to the lack of true journalism. 

To see more Visit:http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/2010-11/Journalism/ 

https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/graduates-and-the-state-of-journalism/ 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION VS FOX TELEVISION STATIONS

On different occasion the Federal communications commission has attempted to target different broadcasters to pay fines or be more regulated because of the content or language used. It is not the first time that the FCC (Federal communications commission attempts to do such thing), Fox has already got 2 court cases for the same reason and it is not the only broadcaster that has been targeted by the FCC , other broadcasters like Pacifica Foundation,The Midwest Video corporation , American Broadcasting co. among others.

Why is this important?

It is clear that TV as many other services shape society and its development, therefore the freedom to choose what vocabulary and content you want to expose, when the FCC attempts to ban these rights , the freedom of speech not only of the broadcasters but also the people that have such services and the people that are invited as guest to such TV agencies. It is merely an attempt of the government to change the behavior of the masses to their beliefs.

The Case itself:

In 2012 the case Federal Communications commission Vs Fox televisions stations

got to the supreme court of the Unites States, the claim was made on the ground that fox had broadcast indecent content and inappropriate language during the billboards awards on past years, and even though the supreme court ruled ''the regulations at the time did not cover "fleeting expletives" and "unconstitutionally vague" Under due process clause therefore the supreme court favored the fox television stations.

Plessy Vs Ferguson,  Equal Rights?

This case is one of the few that remind the population that just because the authorities demand something doesn't not mean it is right or correct.

Plessy Vs Ferguson was one of the first cases after the civil war that targeted the social discrimination in a federal level, after a young colored man from Louisiana was taken in by the authorities under the argument that he was sitting in a ''White Only'' area, although this might not seemed as important as some cases in the past , the case had great power because of what it actually represented , that after a civil war and many laws and social correction segregation was legal in a federal level.

When the decision ruled in favor of the White man many remembered that authorities stand for what they are told and sometimes it is not always right. Judge Harlan wrote all men are equal in the eyes of the law , that the constitution doesn't not stand for any race or ethnicity , but that all man are rejoiced in freedom and not any law or  institution has the authority to take the freedom from anyone.