First Amendment Freedoms

Focuses on the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, which protects an individual's right to hold religious beliefs and engage in religious practices, and the legal limits placed on those practices.

Examines the principles of free speech under the First Amendment, including its role in democracy, the 'marketplace of ideas,' and key categories of protected speech like political and symbolic speech.

Details the specific, narrowly defined categories of speech that do not receive First Amendment protection, such as incitement, defamation, and obscenity, and the legal tests used to identify them.

An introduction to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, outlining the five fundamental freedoms it protects: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. This stack provides a foundational understanding of this cornerstone of American liberty.

Covers the tandem rights to peacefully assemble and to petition the government. This stack details how these rights are exercised and the types of government regulations ('time, place, and manner') that are permissible.

A focused look at Freedom of the Press, covering its role as a 'watchdog,' the high constitutional bar for prior restraint (censorship), and legal standards for libel and reporter's privilege.

Explores the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing an official religion. This stack focuses on the principle of 'separation of church and state' and the legal tests used to apply it.