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By the Free Speech Center, last updated on July 26, 2024
The state of Louisiana’s requirement to post the Ten Commandments in public schools has raised concerns over whether it violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, ...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote a dissent in an unpublished case, Baltzer v. United States (1918), arguing that the conviction of German immigrants who complained about draft quotas and petitioned the South Dakota governor about it were exercising First Amendment Rights. The court had voted 7-2 to uphold their convictions under the Espionage Act, but the decision was delayed and the case was sent back to South Dakota where it was dropped.
...Online harassment can include unwanted emails, texts and direct messages; blog posts; nonconsensual intimate photos and videos; doxxing; impersonation; and illegal hacking. Laws aimed at combatting such harassment that are overly broad in criminalizing speech have run into First Amendment problems.
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FREEDOM
OF SPEECH
Protects the spoken word, the arts and media
FREEDOM
OF ASSEMBLY
Guarantees the right to gather in protest.
FREEDOM
OF PETITION
Ensures the right to lobby government for change
FREEDOM
OF THE Press
Protects the written word, literature and the news media.
FREEDOM
OF RELIGION
Allows us to worship as we wish and prevents government from establishing or endorsing a religion
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