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Amendment I

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The first Amendment in laymans term is that the people of the united states are allowed say what they want to say as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. They are allowed to worship whatever religion they want without being persecuted. They are allowed to print anything they want in the media if it isn't a lie, without being persecuted, even if it's against a government official. People are allowed to meet together in a group if they peacfully do it without rioting or violence. People are allowed to petition against the government to attempt to change soemthing without getting in trouble.

Parts of Amendment 1: Freedom of Speech: Free speech clause- people are allowed to say whatever they want as long as it doesn't affect national security or the well being of others, without getting in trouble.

Freedom of Religion: Free Excercise clause-states that people are allowed to worship however they wish, as so long as it isn't illegal. []

Establishment of Religion- government cannot establish a national religion Separation of Church and State- States that the government may not establish a national religion to keep freedom of religion fair.

Freedom of the Press: The media may say and publish what ever they want as long as it is the truth. One can publish stuff against the government even without getting in trouble. Go to the Zenger case at the bottom for the origins of this section.

Right to peaceably Assemble: People are allowed to meet in groups and parade or rally together, as long as it is peaceful. []

Right to petition the government by legal means: People can complain to the government by legal peaceful means without getting in trouble. []

Restrictions on the 1st Amendment:

The major restriction on the first amendment is national security and the well being of the first amendment. One can't say stuff that endangers other people. Rallying and petitioning must be peaceful, and not like a riot. In freedom of religion, you can't worship illegally like blood sacrifices.

Can't yell fire in a movie theatre due to concern for public safety.

FCC got stuff against freedom of speech on the media, with censoring. Can't do anything about singing turds on South Park, or porn sites. []

Graffiti artists state that laws against grafiti is a violation of 1st amendment. []

Can't say bomb on an airplane because its national security []

anti-leaflet ban for no littering [] <great site for restrictions []

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Court Cases

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In the Skokie case, there were some socialists who wanted to parade through the town of Skokie Illinois. They wanted to display the swastika symbol as they marched through the large jewish community. Under freedom of speech and the freedom to assemble, the socialist group was protected, but the freedom of religion sided with the Jewish people. The US supreme court, and the Illinois supreme court stated that the socialist party could parade because the swastica was not an agression symbol, so it didn't mean any violence. [] <skokie case

In the Tinker Case, 3 students from Des Moines School, wore black armbands to protest against the war in Vietnam. The administration of the school didn't like it so they suspended the students. The case was brought to the supreme court and they ruled that the students had a right to freedom of speech, so teh students won. [] <Tinker Case

How much freedom does your Amendment actually grant to the citizens of the United States?

Without the first amendment, one couldn't get a chance to voice out complaints to the first amendment. One wouldn't be able to worship however they like. Hindus, Christians and Buddhists wouldn't be allowed to live in America in fear of persecution without the 1st amendment. If you've seen the tabloids that question Obama's presidency, that is a 1st amendment protection under freedom of the press because the media is allowed to say stuff against the government without getting in trouble. The people have the power to attempt to change the government in the right to petition and to assemble.

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Debate over interpretation

With new technology and different ways to communicate with one another, the freedom of speech is being stretced so that it may cover all the new technologies like the internet, however some people are fighting over whether sensoring should be allowed. []

separation of church and state to religious people does not mean seperating government from god, some say freedom of speech allows religious stuff on government things, but seperation of church and state says no. []

The pledge of allegiance has the words under God in them, and in once case states such as Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington were banned from saying the Pledge due to the seperation of church and state. []

debate over the right to assemble: There is a permit that is needed to assemble, so if a permit is denied then that is the same as denying the right to assemble, so people think there should be no permit needed to rally together. []

This is not to say that in some simplistic sense everybody in America believes in freedom of speech, and certainly it is not to say that everybody in America believes that freedom of speech means the same thing. []

Predictions:

I predict the first amendments rights will be getting more restricted because he goverment is taking more control over things and their not going to give more freedom i that area of law. With new tehnology and ways of communicating, the first amendment will have to be stretched to cover all of it. Some people think that the government should censor things on the web. There will also be restrictions as people become more sensitive and take the different parts of the 1st amendment against each other. Just as in the Skokie case, the freedom of religion, speech, and assembly were put against each other. There were cases where saying marry christmas caused problems since some people do not celebrate christmas. Also with terroristic events such as 9/11, the government may restrict the 1st amendment further in an attempt to protect the safety of the people.

History


 * The first amendment's freedom of the press was due to John Peter Zenger, who spoke up against a higher official in a newspaper. The jury found that Zenger had a right to say that the official was corrupt.**

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Interesting facts about the first amendment


 * James Madison was the drafter of the First Amendment.

During times of war there are always restrictions in the rights of people.**

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