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    • ]]>     2016-09-20 17:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125165223     The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.  It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices.  It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely.  It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government.    210502 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125169884 https://www.google.com/search?q=free+speech&]]> 2016-09-20 17:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125169884 The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. 210502 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125175075
    https://www.google.com/search?q=1st+amendment]]>     2016-09-20 17:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125175075     210502 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125179365 2016-09-20 17:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125179365 1st Amendment : 201083 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125179651 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 petitition the Government for a redress of grievances.
    https://www.aclu.org/united-states-bill-rights-first-10-amendments-constitution]]>     2016-09-20 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125179651     201083 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125521873 Example 3

    Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School Board, 64 F.3d 184 (5th Cir. 1995):     Public school district removed the book Voodoo and Hoodoo, a discussion of the origins, history, and practices of the voodoo and hoodoo religions that included an outline of some specific practices, from all district library shelves. Parents of several students sued and the district court granted summary judgment in their favor. The court of appeals reversed, finding that there was not enough evidence at that stage to determine that board members had an unconstitutional motivation, such as denying students access to ideas with which board members disagreed; the court remanded the case for a full trial at which all board members could be questioned about their reasons for removing the book. The court observed that "in light of the special role of the school library as a place where students may freely and voluntarily explore diverse topics, the school board's non-curricular decision to remove a book well after it had been placed in the public school libraries evokes the question whether that action might not be an attempt to 'strangle the free mind at its source.'" The court focused on some evidence that school board members had removed the book without having read it or having read only excerpts provided by the Christian Coalition. The parties settled the case before trial by returning the book to the libraries on specially designated reserve shelves.

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    ]]>     2016-09-21 18:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125521873     Example 1 201083 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125523496
    Counts v. Cedarville School District, 295 F.Supp.2d 996 (W.D. Ark. 2003): The school board of the Cedarville, Arkansas school district voted to restrict students' access to the Harry Potter books, on the grounds that the books promoted disobedience and disrespect for authority and dealt with witchcraft and the occult. As a result of the vote, students in the Cedarville school district were required to obtain a signed permission slip from their parents or guardians before they would be allowed to borrow any of the Harry Potter books from school libraries. The District Court overturned the Board's decision and ordered the books returned to unrestricted circulation, on the grounds that the restrictions violated students' First Amendment right to read and receive information. In so doing, the Court noted that while the Board necessarily performed highly discretionary functions related to the operation of the schools, it was still bound by the Bill of Rights and could not abridge students' First Amendment right to read a book on the basis of an undifferentiated fear of disturbance or because the Board disagreed with the ideas contained in the book


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    ]]>     2016-09-21 18:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125523496     Example 2 201083 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125524712
    Sund v. City of Wichita Falls, Texas, 121 F. Supp. 2d 530 (N.D. Texas, 2000): City residents who were members of a church sought removal of two books, Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate, because they disapproved of the book's' depiction of homosexuality. The City of Wichita Falls City Council voted to restrict access to the books if 300 persons signed a petition asking for the restriction. A separate group of citizens filed suit after the books were removed from the children's section and placed on a locked shelf in the adult area of the library. Following a trial on the merits, the District Court permanently enjoined the city from enforcing the resolution permitting the removal of the two books. It held that the City's resolution constituted impermissible content-based and viewpoint based discrimination; was not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest; provided no standards or review process; and improperly delegated governmental authority over the selection and removal of the library's books to any 300 private citizens who wish to remove a book from the children's area of the Library.


    http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/censorshipfirstamendmentissues/courtcases

    ]]>     2016-09-21 18:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125524712     210502 https://padlet.com/210502/6p3macguq68f/wish/125565262 The Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments to the Constitution — went into effect on Dec. 15, 1791, when the state of Virginia ratified it, giving the bill the majority of ratifying states required to protect citizens from the power of the federal government. The first amendment was made as freedom of speech .

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