Government Part 4: Civil Liberties
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The First Amendment
1. Freedom of speech (symbolic speech, libel, obscenity, sedition).
2. Freedom of the press (propaganda and prior restraint).
3. Freedom of assembly (civil disobedience).
4. Freedom of petition (the right to lobby).
5. Freedom of Religion (Separation of Church & State, school prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Pledge of Allegiance).
Make those landmark cases memorable!
Students rights – what are they?
Top Ten Reasons why freedom of speech is a darned good thing.
Obscenity – Can you predict what the Supreme Court will rule?
Controversies: Burning the flag, banning books, and Nazis marching down Main Street.
The Pentagon Papers: the six things government cannot do to a free press.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on civil disobedience
No prayer in schools? No ten commandments in the courthouse?
Why lobbyists can roam the halls of Congress. (Freedom of petition.)