U. S. Constitution

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U. S. Constitution

• 1st Amendment
• (Freedom of Expression)

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1st Amendment

• 5 FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
• SPEECH
• RELIGION
• PRESS
• ASSEMBLY
• PETITION

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Freedom of Speech

• Walking the picket line

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PROTESTS are form of expression
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A War Protest

• On a college campus

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Freedom of Speech

• Also known as Freedom of Expression
• Should we be allowed to express this symbol?

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Protest Racial Prejudice

• This is Freedom of Assembly
• Circa 1970
• Does this form of expression seem OK with you?
• Why?

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You love soccer

• Anti-War Protest with your sports.
• Is this legal?

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There are limitations of Free Speech

• Cannot materially and substantially disrupt the
  classroom.
  
• Can you think of some examples?

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Freedom of Speech-NOT!

• FIRE!! FIRE!!
• Psych!
• OOPS!

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OBSCENITY-Sorry, not legal

• Hey teacher, youre a _at_!!

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Fighting Words-No go

• Hey Mr. Policeman, youre a mean, no good,
  son-of-a-gun!

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Freedom of Speech is very broad

• Yes, even the Neo-Nazis are protected by the 1st
  amendment
  
• What other hate groups would be protected?

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The 1st Amendment protects many kinds of
expression

• Ku Klux Klan
• Nazi groups
• Other radical groups?

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Womens Suffrage Protester

• Freedom of Assembly and Petition can lead to
  major changes in our CONSTITUTION and society.
  
• 19th Amendment

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DOGS
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You are given more leeway to criticize public
figures

• Presidents
• Celebrities
• Other elected officials

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Freedom of the Press

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Pamphlets
• Books

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Freedom of Religion
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1st Amendment

• Now you are ready to do your Constitution Book
  work.
  
• BUT . . .
• First, write 1 half-page about why ALL forms of
  expression in the 1st Amendment should be legal.
  Remember to address even the ideas with which you
  personally do not agree.

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Assignment, continued

• Thats right, you have to make a case why ALL
  forms of expression should be legal in the United
  States.
  
• Omit the specific cases we have already mentioned
  in the slide show (obscenity, endangering lives,
  etc.).

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You cannot disrupt the classroom

• You students are a bunch of _at_!!
• Hey, thats not cool, or legal!!!

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• THE END