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This 4 page paper features the exact wording of the first amendment, its limitations, cases surrounding this amendment and the Founders' intent. The first amendment is discussed in depth, inclusive of its place in society today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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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" ("U.S. Constitution," 2003). This first amendment has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The applicability of this amendment to daily life is questioned
because lines always have to be drawn. In other words, while people have freedom of speech and of expression, they are still under the control of the government to an
extent. There have been many challenges to this amendment. Students, for example, would challenge school systems when they are told that they cannot wear a particular tee shirt because it
is political and distasteful to them. There are other lines drawn and the common example provided is that one cannot yell fire in a crowded theater. Public safety cannot be
compromised. Also, another point of the first amendment is that it is applied to pornography and while it has been challenged a great deal, not everything is permissible under the
first amendment. The famous Larry Flynt case had to do with first amendment rights. Finally, the first amendment protects ones right to practice his or her religion but also
notes that the state will never have an official religion. This has been the subject of much debate as some contend that there is no separation of church and state,
but merely the admonition that there would be no official religion. Others interpret the protection differently and contend that no religion must enter schoolrooms for example. While there are limitations,
the language is rather broad and people are generally afforded the right to free expression. In fact, it seems that it was the Founding Fathers intent to allow a general
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