Speech
Actions like burning a flag or wearing a black armband.
What is symbolic speech?
They entertain and inform and are sometimes considered the 4th branch of the government.
What is the purpose of the press?
The First Amendment contains two clauses about religion: this clause protects individual religious practice.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
While you have the right to assemble, the government can require you to obtain this document for large gatherings to ensure public safety.
What is a permit?
This type of speech, including fighting words and true threats, receives no First Amendment protection.
What is unprotected speech?
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation.
What is libel?
Prohibits government from setting up churches or aiding one religion over another.
What is the Establishment Clause?
Writing to your elected representatives, signing these documents, and filing lawsuits are all examples of petitioning the government.
What are petitions?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that students do not lose this constitutional right at the schoolhouse gate.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
What is slander?
This Supreme Court case ruled that public schools cannot require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance if it violates their religious beliefs.
What is West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)?
This related First Amendment right protects your ability to join groups and organizations, including political parties and advocacy groups.
What is freedom of association?
Opinions on government, elected officials and laws
What is political speech?
This strategy is used to limit the effects of media coverage on jurors by moving the trial to a different location than where the crime took place.
What is change of venue?
In Employment Division v. Smith (1990), the Supreme Court ruled that this type of law can restrict religious practices without violating the First Amendment.
What is a neutral law? A law that applies to everyone equally.
In this Supreme Court case, the justices decided that a government cannot hinder a group's ability to assemble just because their opinions are upsetting to people.
What is Skokie v. The National Socialist Party?
This Supreme Court case established that speech can be restricted if it presents a "clear and present danger" to national security.
What is Schnenck v. United States?
This remedy restricts lawyers on what they can say outside of the courtroom that is put in place by the presiding judge.
What is Kennedy v. Bremerton?
What is for a redress of grievances?