My dazzling padlet by Iurii Kirpichev (LMS) https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6 en-us 2024-02-14 18:35:41 UTC 2024-02-16 00:14:16 UTC hello@padlet.com The First Amendment 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883851159 “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.”

]]> 2024-02-14 18:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883851159 The First Amendment in every day life 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883857484

  • Gives the right to criticize government officials

  • Let’s us practice whatever religious faith we want

  • Gives us the right to assemble together and to petition the government for a redress of grievances


    • ]]>     2024-02-14 18:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883857484     The Most Important Amendment 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883862627 The First Amendment prevents Congress making laws respecting religion and prohibiting its free exercise. It also protects us from Congress making laws regarding freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government. Plus, it is not outdated.

    ]]>     2024-02-14 18:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883862627     If First Amendment didn’t exist 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883896638 There would be no significant movement for change would have been possible. But thanks to the 1st Amendment, Americans are protected to advance the ongoing struggle to achieve “liberty and justice for all.”

    ]]>     2024-02-14 19:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2883896638     Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok (Current Event) 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2884101156

  • Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Wednesday, May 17th 2024

  • Faces legal Challenges

  • Banishment quickly criticized by the ACLU concerns that the bill infringes on the First Amendment rights

  • “With this ban, Governor Gianforte and the Montana legislature have trampled on the free speech of hundreds of thousands of Montanans who use the app to express themselves…”

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  • Friday 28 April 2023

  • First Amendment rights were violated last year when a family was repeatedly asked to remove clothing with the slogan “Let’s go Brandon”

    • A political meme popular in conservative circles referring to a vulgar chant about Joe Biden

  • The parents alleges the school is censoring students who try to express support for former President Donald Trump

  • Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says that students shouldn’t be punished

    • “Remain free to use their Constitutional rights at school, not just learn about them.”


    • ]]>     2024-02-15 00:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2884106469     Limitations 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2884110718 No protection is given by the First Amendment in cases that include:

    • Fraud

    • Incitement

    • Defamation

    • Obscenity

    • Child pornography

    • Fighting words

    • Threats

    • Lies

    ]]>     2024-02-15 00:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2884110718     Elonis v. US (Court Case) 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2885071268

    • Anthony Elonis was arrested on December 8, 2010

    • Charged with threatening his ex-wife, co-workers, kindergarten class, the local police, and an FBI agent

    • Posted statements on his Facebook page that appeared to threaten people in his life (VIOLATION OF 1ST AMENDMENT)

    • Before posting, his family left him and he lost his job

    • Posted disclaimer stating: “This is not a threat.”

    • Elonis argued that he could not be convicted of making a threat because he didn’t intend to

    • Trial court denied his motion to dismiss the case

      • Proper legal test: whether reasonable people hearing the comment would perceive it to be a threat

    • Elonis was convicted of four of the five counts

    • Sentenced to 44 months imprisonment, and three years of supervised release



    ]]>     2024-02-15 17:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2885071268     Counterman v. Colorado (Court Case) 3871811 https://padlet.com/3871811/3e42duunyp13g6f6/wish/2885323551

  • True threat

  • 2023

  • Oral argument

  • Free speech rights

  • Concerns about stalking and online harassment

  • The First Amendment requires prosecutors to rove the person consciously disregarded a substantial risk that people may view the words as threteaning

  • 7-2 decision

  • The court held that a lower standard would likely child protected expression

  • The First Amendment requires the speaker to have some. Understanding of the statement’s threatening character, even though the First Amendment does not require the state to prove that the person intended to make a threat

  • The Counterman decision, which only addressed speech-based stalking conduct, requires that prosecutors in every state and jurisdiction must establish that the perpetrator had some understanding that their speech might be viewed as threatening

  • Billy Raymond Counterman was stalking a musician by sending her hundreds of Facebook messages that she said made her fear for her safety

  • He claimed the charges violated his First Amendment rights to communicate with the musician



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