The First
Amendment and the rights we share
The freedom of
speech- the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's
body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. It protects the individual’s ability to think and to
express his/her thoughts in material form, whether spoken, written, filmed,
staged, or otherwise depicted visually.
The
freedom of religion- means that the federal government cannot set an official
religion of the United States. The government can't do anything that favors one
religion over another.
Freedom
of the press- freedom to
express what one witnesses for the right of the public to know. It must be
truthful reporting of events without tint of falsity. News must be written as
factual as it is without side comments.
Freedom to
assembly- freedom of assembly is the individual
right to peacefully assemble, collectively express, and petition the government
for redress of grievances. Freedom of
assemble gives us the right to gather as a crowd or group to protest or promote
a cause or something, a peaceful gathering of people for a cause.
Freedom
to petition- Individuals
have the right to petition the government in order to express there views and
ask for change.
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.
The First Amendment
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