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New Hampshires Constitution Day essay contest is right around the corner, and some Nashua students are taking on the competition as a part of their social studies classes. The contest is hosted by The Telegraph and six other newspapers and the states court system. Essay topics put contemporary issues within a constitutional context. This years this question asks to students address the conflicts between cyberbullying and First Amendment rights.

Fairgrounds Middle School has been home to the two previous grades 5-8 statewide essay winners, Suhaas Katikaneni in 2013 and Benjamin Swain in 2012. Fairgrounds incorporats the contest into its fall curriculum. ... Subscribe or log in to read more

New Hampshires Constitution Day essay contest is right around the corner, and some Nashua students are taking on the competition as a part of their social studies classes. The contest is hosted by The Telegraph and six other newspapers and the states court system. Essay topics put contemporary issues within a constitutional context. This years this question asks to students address the conflicts between cyberbullying and First Amendment rights.

Fairgrounds Middle School has been home to the two previous grades 5-8 statewide essay winners, Suhaas Katikaneni in 2013 and Benjamin Swain in 2012. Fairgrounds incorporats the contest into its fall curriculum.

The three levels in the middle school, all the social studies teachers, are all participating, said Fairgrounds teacher Ralph Sommese. Sommese is an eighth grade social studies teacher and social studies curriculum liaison for Fairgrounds Middle School to the district.

Sommese said student interest in the contest varies depending on student age and the essay topic.

I know the sixth graders really get into it. The eighth graders are this year because of the topic theyre really interested, he said. In preparing the kids, we take them to the library to do research. I go over Supreme Court cases related to the idea of First Amendment freedom of speech topics. We also go into setting up the essay itself, he said.

Although Sommese said cyberbullying wasnt specifically a problem at the school as far as he knew, staff discusses bullying in general with students. On our team in eighth grade we do a character education piece that deals with bullying. We have speakers come in for it, he said.

Students interested in the contest can submit essays to Constitution Day contest, attn: Phil Kincade, Nashua Telegraph, 17 Executive Drive, Hudson, NH 03051. The deadline for entries this year is October 6. After that, each newspaper will select one local winner from grades 5-8 and one winner from grades 9-12. From the local winners, the state Supreme Court will select one statewide winner from each group. Local and state winners are invited to the Supreme Court, and state winners are also invited to the annual First Amendment Awards presented by the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications of Manchester.

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A Democratic election year push to amend the Constitution and roll back campaign-spending free speech rights ran out of steam Thursday and fell victim to a Senate filibuster.

Holding the vote, even in defeat, was a major political goal for Democrats during the two-week session of Congress. They hope the fight will help them rally their base ahead of Novembers elections, arguing that changing the Constitution is needed to prevent wealthy conservatives from improperly influencing elections.

The amendment Democratic leaders proposed would have given Congress and state legislatures the ability to set reasonable limits on how much candidates could raise and spend during their campaigns and to enact outright bans on interest groups that wish to use their money to influence elections.

The amendment would overturn the First Amendments protection of free speech as interpreted by the Supreme Court.

This, make no mistake, is an attack on the First Amendments most important protection, said Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican.

All Democrats present voted to back the amendment, while all Republicans voted for the filibuster to block it a 54-42 division that left the measure six shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster, and underscores just how partisan First Amendment and campaign spending fights have become.

Only in Washington is campaign finance reform a partisan issue, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said after the vote.

The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat, but Mr. Reid was its biggest backer. He repeatedly took to the Senate floor to call for its passage and singled out his two chief targets for the amendment: brothers Charles and David Koch, who use their multibillion-dollar fortune to support conservative and libertarian causes.

While Republicans in Congress stand up for the Koch brothers, Senate Democrats will continue to stand up for our constituents and fight the corrosive influence of dark money in American politics, Mr. Reid said.

Mr. Reids own hold on power as majority leader also is threatened by the Koch brothers, as groups affiliated with their network are pouring tens of millions of dollars into ads in an effort to unseat a number of Democrats, which could deliver the Senate to Republicans in November.

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