1st Amendment: Freedom of Speech Article The U.S. of A. home of so many things , fried ice cream, large portion sizes, obesity , but I'm pretty sure if you conducted a nation wide survey nearly everyone would agree that the number one best thing about America is the freedom of speech that comes from the first amendment. If you don't like the President you can trash talk him and you wouldn't be penalized. Same goes for any government official, but most people think that just because we have freedom of speech that we can say whatever we want, whenever we want, wherever we want but that's not really the case. Amendment I : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
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For example a student who was chosen to give a speech a school function was not permitted to have a refrence to her religion in her speech because "religion was not allowed in schools" (Hudson, David L., Jr. "Student Loses Case Involving Religious Message in Speech."). The student outraged at this took the school district to court were she lost the case because the school handled the situation with the correct precautions in asking her to take out the reference. Another example of a unique situation that has arised with the advancement of our nation, is the technology in which we use to communicate and express ourselves with : social media. A man had violent rap lyrics as a status on Facebook that refernced to killing his wife and child , but claimed that they weren't to be taken literally (Pizzi, Michael. "Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Case on Violent Facebook Rap Lyrics.") . The wife ,not in the slightest soothed by this claim, reported it to the police. I'd be weary of my relationship if I were that
For example a student who was chosen to give a speech a school function was not permitted to have a refrence to her religion in her speech because "religion was not allowed in schools" (Hudson, David L., Jr. "Student Loses Case Involving Religious Message in Speech."). The student outraged at this took the school district to court were she lost the case because the school handled the situation with the correct precautions in asking her to take out the reference. Another example of a unique situation that has arised with the advancement of our nation, is the technology in which we use to communicate and express ourselves with : social media. A man had violent rap lyrics as a status on Facebook that refernced to killing his wife and child , but claimed that they weren't to be taken literally (Pizzi, Michael. "Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Case on Violent Facebook Rap Lyrics.") . The wife ,not in the slightest soothed by this claim, reported it to the police. I'd be weary of my relationship if I were that