Volume 1: First Amendment: Genesis and Debate. Excerpts from the Massachusetts Bay Colony Trial Against Anne Hutchinson ; Roger Williams: The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution ; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges ; Cato's Letters: Of Freedom of Speech ; Virginia Declaration of Rights ; Constitution of Massachusetts ; Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered (Federalist, no. 84) ; George Nicholas Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention ; First Draft of First Amendment Rights -- Freedom of Religion. Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments ; Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom ; Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists ; American Indian Religious Freedom Act ; Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ; Fulton v. Philadelphia ; South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California (statement) ; Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York -- Freedom of Speech. Gitlow v. New York ; Stromberg v. California ; "Declaration of Conscience" ; Dennis v. United States ; Texas v. Johnson ; Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ; Mario Savio: "Put Your Bodies upon the Gears" ; Here's What Free Speech and Religious Freedom Have in Common ; Free Speech Comes with Consequences -- Freedom of the Press. Andrew Hamilton's Speech Defending Freedom of the Press ; An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz., the Court of the Press ; Thomas Jefferson on Freedom of the Press ; Debates over the Circulation of "Incendiary Publications" ; Near v. Minnesota ; A Free and Responsible Press ; One, Inc. v. Olesen ; New York Times Co. v. Sullivan ; Branzburg v. Hayes ; Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union ; "McClatchy Editor Defends Publishing Al Qaeda Detail CNN, NY Times Held Back" -- Volume 2: Freedom of Assembly. Olive Branch Petition ; Right to Petition: Slavery (1836) ; U.S. v. Cruikshank ; De Jonge v. Oregon ; Bates et al. v. City of Little Rock ; Cox v. Louisiana ; Carroll v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne ; Coates et al. v. City of Cincinnati ; Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston ; Unanswered Questions About the U.S. Park Police's June 1 Attack on Peaceful Protestors at Lafayette Square -- The First Amendment in Times of Crisis. James Madison on the Sedition Act of 1798 ; "Gen. Burnside Shuts Down the Chicago Times for 'Disloyalty'" ; The Espionage Act of 1917 ; The Sedition Act of 1918 ; Remarks by Scott Nearing at His Trial ; The Individual and the States: The Problem as Presented by the Sentencing of Roger N. Baldwin ; Schenck v. United States ; Abrams v. United States (Holmes dissent) ; Letter to Clayton R. Lusk regarding "Rand Raid" ; The Smith Act of 1940 ; The Four Freedoms -- The First Amendment in Education. Minersville School District v. Gobitis ; West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette ; Engel v. Vitale ; Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ; Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ; Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ; The First Amendment on Campus 2020 Report: College Students' Views of Free Expression ; Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L.
Summary:
These volumes explore the five freedoms protected in the First Amendment--speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. Together, these five guaranteed freedoms make the people of the United States the freest in the world. There is no age or citizenship requirement to exercise your First Amendment--they are guaranteed the day you are born as long as you are in the U.S. Few Americans would question the importance of the First Amendment, despite the misunderstanding that often swirls around the principles embodied in these freedoms. From the birth of the First Amendment in 1789 to today, most Americans exercise these rights every day. -- Provided by publisher.
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