1. What I believe Jacoby meant by stating, “I am a First Amendment junkie,” is that you can never have too much First Amendment knowledge, and that she is really into the concept behind the First Amendment, which gives you the freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
2. The next-to-last paragraph is not really connected to Jacoby’s overall argument, because this paragraph is about parenting responsibilities and each parent needing to make the right decisions about their own children and not letting the government be involved in that process.
3. The final paragraph does two things in my opinion. First, it clearly has a final statement informing the readers that this article is coming to an end. The statement also makes the reader ponder…show more content… I do not find Jacoby’s fears convincing in paragraph nine, nor does she provide any evidence to the contrary.
Chapter 2 Questions: Pages 59-60, Questions 1-14
1. This essay is about the requirement of Congress enforcing the pledge of allegiance on all people in the United States even if they do not believe in a “God.” Ms. Wilde believes that there are significant amount of people who do not believe in a higher power, therefore should not be forced to recite these words.
2. The background material is very useful and should not be deleted, because it explains the original pledge and its content, as well as how it went from the original version to including the religion portion using the words “under God.”
3. I do believe the writer does provide enough weight to the fact that no one is compelled to recite the pledge, because this issue has been before the courts and have ruled this issue.
4. One argument that the writer offers is that there are several million Americans that do NOT believe in God. The other argument is that Chief Rehnquist calls “under God” a “descriptive phrase,” as well as the Pledge is “a commendable patriotic observance.” The writer feels that a “patriotic observance” should not be connected with
