For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

We should interpret the meaning of the constitution based on the viewpoints of the individuals who attended the constitutional convention. Although this method is difficult as there were thirty one attendees at the convention, there are many different documents and methods that can be used to do this. The documents for this process include the supremacy clause, which claims the constitution to be the “supreme law of the land” and the Declaration of Independence that includes ideas of “natural rights”, and implementing them into a “new government”, which is what the constitution is based off of, that we can be helpful in interpretation. We should not interpret the constitution based on our own individual social values and needs. This clashes with the intentions of the framers. This is because the framers frowned upon the use of political parties. And many of today’s social values are based off of political party preferences. Instead of using social values, we can use the method of interpreting the unclear words in the constitution by using their easily accessible and reasonable dictionary definition.

Going along with Pierce’s previous statements, I believe that in the situation of a public speaker or influencer that calls for violent or criminal action, laws should take place in limiting their freedom of speech. The first amendment of the constitution protects citizens of the United States involved in peaceable protests, religious beliefs, the press or petitions of the government. Although the ninth amendment allows citizens to obtain rights that are not written in the constitution, I feel that encouraging illegal activity should not be included in these undetermined rights. I say this, because a 2019 study at Cornell University proved that in two individuals were convinced to perform an action which in my case, would be an illegal activity just by someone asking them to do so, without even thinking about it. And based on this information, criminal activity would be less likely if laws were in place to prevent the influence of criminal activity. I also believe that a person that calls for violent action, that encourages and influences activity that is against the law despite whether they are protesting or not should not be protected under the first amendment as the first amendment, as I have stated previously, only guarantees legal protection to “peaceable protests”. The Oxford English Dictionary defines peaceable as an adjective that describes any action taken to avoid violent conflict and also because the fourth article of the constitution blatantly protects every citizen of the United States from domestic violence.