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After you've read all this, you've probably realized how important the first amendment is even today, over 200 years after it was written. Without it, maybe we would all have had to practice the same religion, or there might have been lots of censorship in the news. But there isn't, and the first amendment protects us from it.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/fact-check-trump-rigged-election-dominion-georgia-pennsylvania/index.html

https://www.becketlaw.org/case/holt/

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-210

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This image shows places of worships for three different religions, all in the USA. This might not have been possible without the right being outlined in the first amendment.

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Here's an image showing people exercising their right to assemble (gather with other people) and protest. The Founding Fathers thought the right to assemble was an important one because under British rule, they weren't allowed to do so sometimes.

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This is another interesting cartoon. Can you guess why "it's lucky...we have the first amendment"? You (hopefully) guessed it! It's because we have the freedom of expression!

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As with anything about the government, there's some cartoons about the first amendment! Here's one that's funny and easy to understand. (You might have to zoom in to read it.)

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There used to be a strict law stating that one can't lie about winning a military medal. Xavier Alvarez did this, though, and he was brought to court for this. He appealed and it was found that this act violated the freedom of speech. The Supreme Court voted in his favor 6-3.

Alvarez could've had to pay for his actions even though he wasn't hurting anyone. He didn't have to do this and was protected because of the first amendment.

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On July 23, 2007, Xavier Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Water District Board of Directors, attended a joint meeting with the Walnut Valley Water District Board of Directors at the Board's headquarters. Mr. Alvarez was invited to speak about his background, and he stated, "I'm a retired marine of 25 years.

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Abdul Muhammad was a Muslim inmate in Arkansas. His prison didn't allow him to grow a beard, even though cutting it would go against his religion. He brought this case to the Supreme court where the justices voted 9-0 in favor of Muhammad.

Muhammad won this case because he has the right to practice any religion he wants. This allows him to follow his religion even when he is convicted, since the first amendment rights are rights that everyone has.

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Fact check: Trump lies a lot about the election

This is an article written about former President Trump by reporter Daniel Dale from CNN. From the heading alone, we can see that it probably has some bad things about Trump.

After writing this article, Dale might have forgotten about it, or he might have kept looking at it to see the response it was getting. He would never be worried about censorship or getting prosecuted, though, because of the rights given in the first amendment. The press is allowed to print whatever they want.

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fact check: trump lies a lot about the election - cnnpolitics

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Fact check: Trump lies a lot about the election

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"I WON THE ELECTION!" President Donald Trump tweeted just before midnight on Sunday night.

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The BLM protest is something we all know about. But did we ever stop to think how wonderful it is that we get to participate in this protest without being arrested?

And, of course, this is only possible because of the First Amendment. Without it, who knows? Maybe we could be prosecuted for fighting for something important to us...

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It's, as the name says, the first amendment in the Bill of Rights. We get many basic freedoms from this. They are the freedom of:

petition/protest

assembly

speech

expression

religion

press

The actual wording in the Bill of Rights is:
"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."

Bonus: After you're done reading this Padlet, go here and see if you can name the freedoms given in the first amendment!