https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d en-us 2017-03-06 23:19:56 UTC 2017-03-06 23:36:58 UTC hello@padlet.com heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201312 - The First Amendment prohibits the government from either endorsing or punishing religious belief or practice. 
- Some people believe that the two clauses require the government to be neutral toward religion. 
- That means that the government should not take actions or create laws that favor one religion over another, or favor religious activities over nonreligious activities. 
- Between 1791 and 1940, the U.S. Supreme Court heard only five cases dealing with the separation of church and state and church-state relations. 
- Based on data about religious affiliation and attendance, religion is a significant part of American life. 
- About 85 percent of Americans identify with a religion. ]]> 2017-03-06 23:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201312 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201496 - The first phrase in the First Amendment is called the establishment clause. 
It forbids state and federal governments from setting up churches, from passing laws aiding one or all religions, or from favoring one religion over another. 
- Thomas Jefferson once referred to the establishment clause as a “wall of separation between church and state.”
- Many states have provisions in their constitutions that ban government aid to any school with a religious affiliation. 
- These are known as Blaine Amendments.]]> 2017-03-06 23:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201496 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201667 - The free exercise clause in the First Amendment protects the right of individuals to worship as they choose.
-  As a rule, religious belief is protected, yet actions based on those beliefs may be restricted if they violate an important secular government interest.
-  As a rule, religious belief is protected, yet actions based on those beliefs may be restricted if they violate an important secular government interests

]]> 2017-03-06 23:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201667 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201876 - In many nations, prior restraint; censorship of information before it is published is a common way for government to control information and limit freedom.
-  In the United States, attempts at prior restraint are presumedunconstitutional by the courts, unless publication would cause a certain, serious, and irreparable harm, and stopping publication would prevent the harm, but no lesser means would do so.]]> 2017-03-06 23:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158201876 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158202005 - The right to free assembly means people can participate in protests, parades, and other large events to show their unity and to show their support or opposition to a government policy.
- At times in our history, assemblies have become violent riots. Like other First Amendment freedoms, the freedom of assembly must be balanced with the government’s interest in maintaining order and safe communities. 

]]> 2017-03-06 23:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158202005 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158202209 - The belief in fundamental freedoms of expression and religion lies at the heart of the American political system. 
- Citizens and noncitizens alike have the right to speak freely, to read and write what they choose, and to worship as they wish or not worship at all. 
- The Bill of Rights; the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution; protect those rights and others. 
- The First Amendment protects people’s freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 
- The last four rights protect political expression.
- The Bill of Rights protects people from actions by the government and from those acting with the authority of the government.]]> 2017-03-06 23:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158202209 heather_mcsweeney https://padlet.com/heather_mcsweeney/xjedzc21jj6d/wish/158202448 - While our freedom of speech is important, it is not unlimited. 
- Just like other constitutional rights, the government can place some restrictions on the freedom of speech.
- Conflicts involving freedom of expression are among the most difficult ones that courts are asked to resolve. Free speech cases frequently involve a clash of fundamental values. 
Obscenity
- Obscenity is anything that treats sex or nudity in an offensive or lewd manner, violates recognized standards of decency, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Defamation
- A false expression about a person that damages that person’s reputation

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