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=The 1st Amendment= //** "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or 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." ** //

Description

 *  The first Amendment allows any U.S. citizen the right to freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, the freedom of press, right to assemble, and the right to petition. Congress shall not ally its self with any religion or establishment, or any exercise prohibiting the rights of a U.S. citizen. The first amendment allows group to gather peacefully, the right to disagreement with the government. Congress cannot pass a law interfering with the freedom of speech or religion.

Historical Applications

 * A time the first amendment was challenged was 1986, when Deborah Weisman sued her school for giving a Christian graduation prayer at her public school, in Rhode Island. A time the first Amendment was defined was in the Adderley vs. Florida case involving when a group of students were arrested for blocking the pathway to the prison they isn't usually accessible to the public, preventing their peers to be arrested. The amendment has been applied in politics, letting the politicians speak their opinions on their government anyway they wish to. This amendment was ignored when Abbie Hoffman a political activist that was against the Vietnam War was in prison for days. see if the Supreme Court has made any decisions affecting the amendment you are studying. How have those decisions made a difference in how it is applied today?

Today's Application

 * The amendment is probably the most used amendment in modern day America, and past America. The first Amendment has been become more and more controversial as America grows. With wars, it allows everyday Americans to speak about their feeling on the fight. With racism it allowed their to people to say their opinions on segregation. On sexism, it allowed woman to be equal with men. On the Internet, you can say anything you want and no one will know that its you. You can say these things that will last forever on the Internet.

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