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Please refer to your Civil Liberties PowerPoint for the following critical thinking discussion. Respond to your classmates using the evaluation criteria in your Discussion Forum Guidelines, found within your Syllabus. Make sure to reference the specific case you discussed in your Critical Thinking Assignment. In your initial post, answer the following questions: Should citizens trust our government to protect our civil liberties? Why or Why Not? Do you think the United States has succeeded in adequately preserving citizens' rights and freedoms or have we failed? Explain your answer. Are the current rights comprehensive enough or should we consider revision or development of a new set of Amendments/civil rights? (If so, name two new Amendments or rights you would like to see added)? What are your thoughts on fake news in politics? Should there be additional regulations for the media?

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In this question, we cannot reference the specific case that you used in your Critical Thinking Assignment as we do not know what this is. However, we can still answer the other questions.

I believe that citizens should trust the government to protect our civil liberties. This is because the government has the power to oversee all businesses and institutions of the country. The government is more likely to be able to identify violations to our liberties, as well as punish those who commit them. The United States has not always succeeded in protecting these liberties, but they have done a better job as time goes by. There is a constant trend in government of allowing for more liberties and better protection for a larger number of people.

As for now, I believe that the current protections that we have are enough to protect our civil liberties and rights. Under the law, all groups are equal, regardless of gender, race, age or sexual preference. However, I do believe that we would benefit from additional regulations to the media. Fake news are a real problem in the present, and fake news that have hate or intolerance as motivation can greatly damage our society.

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