Your current reading assignment includes the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, as well as Chapter 4, which discusses
those civil liberties, plus the lesson posted in Blackboard and a relevant video.
Next, follow the instructions below and write an essay of at least 400 words. Submit it in Blackboard by midnight Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Imagine the unthinkable, that a dictator has seized power in the United States and abolished the Constitution. However, he or she says the people will be
allowed to keep one freedom — but only one — and the choice of which freedom to keep will be determined by a nationwide vote.
Which freedom or civil liberty in the Bill of Rights would you vote to keep? Explain why, and compare your choice with at least two other options that you
didn’t rank as No. 1. Why is your choice better? Remember that if your vote is successful, you will lose all of the freedoms that you didn’t vote for.
Some amendments in the Bill of Rights contain more than one freedom. The First Amendment, for example, contains five or six, depending on how you count
them. But you are not allowed to choose an entire amendment with multiple freedoms. You must pick only one freedom. Which will it be, and why? Compare
your choice with at least two other options; more than two might be even better.
