The image below illustrates a right protected in the bill of rights. a man in a suit stands at a podium in an office speaking to a group. people in the room are taking notes and photos. some people are recording the man speaking with video cameras and voice recorders. what right protected by the bill of rights does this image illustrate?
voting rights

property rights

freedom of religious expression

freedom of the press

The correct answer is D) Freedom of the press.

The right protected by the Bill of Rights is Freedom of the press.

We are talking about the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and part of the Bill of Rights. It is the right to communicate information that people need to know via printed material such as newspapers, electronic media such as radio and TV, and today, through digital media such as the internet.

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005