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The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads:

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads:

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The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads:

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  1. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” In your own words, what rights are protected by the First Amendment? Do you agree that all of these rights should be protected? Why or why not? Write two or three sentences to explain your opinion.

  2. Freedom of Speech

  3. Should schools be able to punish students for material they post on Facebook and Twitter? or

  4. Section 15. Notification. An elementary or secondary school must provide notification to the student and his or her parent or guardian that the elementary or secondary school may request or require a student to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student’s account or profile on a social networking website if the elementary or secondary school has reasonable cause to believe that the student’s account on a social networking website contains evidence that the student has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy. The notification must be published in the elementary or secondary school’s disciplinary rules, policies, or handbook or communicated by similar means. Effective Date: 1/1/2014

  5. A Supreme Court justice once wrote that the most important value of free expression is “not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought we hate.” What did the justice mean by this? Do you agree?

  6. Creating a “Marketplace of Ideas” • Refers to ALL forms of communication • Purpose is to encourage the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions • Truth established through acceptance of an idea in the “marketplace” • Serves as a “safety valve” to help people deal with change

  7. Who does it protect? • Protects not only the person MAKING the speech, but also the person RECEIVING the speech • I.e. First Amendment includes the right to hear, to see, to read, and to be exposed to different messages and points of view. • Ex: Reading an Anti-American blog or attending a KKK rally

  8. Rights ARE NOT Absolute • At times, the safety and rights of many outweigh the individual rights of one • Ex: Yelling “FIRE!” in a crowded movie theater

  9. ALL Opinions Matter • Freedom of speech protects “unpopular” opinions as well as popular ones • Abraham Lincoln • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Neo-Nazis • Westboro Baptist Church

  10. Limits to Freedom of Speech • Obscenity • Defamation (Liber/Slander) • Certain forms of Commercial Speech (Advertising) • Fighting Words • Hate Speech • Symbolic Speech • Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions (Who, Where, Why, and How)

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