AMENDMENT 1 - FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, PRESS, ASSEMBLY AND PETITION

Short Summary

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition

Actual text

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.

A Sample of Recent and Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases on the First Amendment

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)

Arizona Free Enterprise Club Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett (2011)

Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. Comm. School Dist. (1969)