First Amendment Activities
Apply landmark Supreme Court cases to contemporary scenarios related to the five pillars of the First Amendment and your rights to freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
"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 redress of grievances." First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Activities
Cox v. New Hampshire
Protests and freedom to assemble
Elonis v. U.S.
Social media and free speech
Engel v. Vitale
Prayer in schools and freedom of religion
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Student newspapers and free speech
Morse v. Frederick
School-sponsored events and free speech
Snyder v. Phelps
Public concerns, private matters, and free speech
Texas v. Johnson
Flag burning and free speech
Tinker v. Des Moines
Free speech in schools
U.S. v. Alvarez
Lies and free speech
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