Emily Duever

Discovery of Truth Participation in Self-Government Stable Change Individual Self-Fulfillment Check on Governmental Power Promote Tolerance Promote Innovation Protect Dissent The eight values of freedom of expression, which can be seen above, are what keep the government and our First Amendment functioning as they were intended to function. I could back any of these up and give you reasons why all of them are important but after speaking to a friend in my class, I've identified two of them that really speak to me.  #5 - Check on Governmental Power We all know that the three branches of government exist to be able to balance each other out and call each other to the carpet when things aren't looking so great. What we tend to forget, though, is that the press and every citizen have the same job. It's our right as defined by the Bill of Rights and our duty as an American citizen to do our part to watch what's going on in government and speak out. Politi...

The prestige of the Supreme Court wasn't always what we think of it as today. In years past, The Supreme Court has had its ups and downs but two major ideologies have the court have emerged. The Court usually practices either judicial restraint or judicial activism. I've tried to think about which mentality of the Supreme Court I would prefer. On one hand, the Supreme Court could practice judicial restraint and be conservative with their judicial review resulting in slow or no change. On the other hand, it could practice judicial activism and liberal use of judicial review resulting in rapid or sweeping change. This would mean an increase in court decision strike downs and overturned precedents. After some thought, I think judicial activism is the way to go. I've grown up watching a very judicially active court and I think change is necessary to push this country forward, especially when we see wrong being done or this country's ideals not being upheld. Under th...

Not too long ago, Pinterest announced that they would be launching, or aiming to launch, their first IPO later this year. Predictions for how the company will do because of this IPO are all over the place. Similarly to Facebook, they could go public and only continue to grow and succeed. Twitter did pretty much the opposite after launching their IPO and hasn't quite been the same ever since. With trends changing every day and attention spans being shorter than ever, the social media game is hard to predict. The thing that sets Pinterest apart, though, is that Pinterest is set apart. I meant there's no other social media site/app that has or does exactly what Pinterest does. There are no "statuses" and it really caters a more creative audience than Facebook or Instagram do sometimes. One article I read, however, said that while Pinterest is definitely unique, they do have one major risk to face: Google. It seems Google has been watching Pinterest pretty intent...

We've all heard about Facebook and their scandals. They kinda seem endless lately but as of now, Facebook is taking a stand against some of the things that make their social media site so much less enjoyable. They've decided to take legal action against the companies that are selling fake followers and likes on their site. Fake likes and followers plague every social media and they give false credibility to pages that don't deserve it. Many users have found them to be misleading or downright annoying, not just on Facebook, but on platforms such as Instagram and Twitter too. With Facebook taking action, hopefully, other platforms will follow which means that Facebook and all of the platforms it owns such as Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, and many more, are setting the standard for social media policy and interaction. Another problem social media has is fake news and many of the bogus articles that are passed around, are passed around on Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg...