American Government › Section D · Civil liberties › Topic D.2
Religion, speech, press, and assembly
The First Amendment packs five freedoms into one sentence: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. Courts have spent two centuries working out what each one protects, where its limits lie and how to balance it against other public interests.
In this topic
- One sentence, five freedoms
- The establishment clause
- Practising a faith
- Worked example: prayer at a public school
- Free speech: from danger to incitement
- Symbolic speech and students
- Speech the Constitution does not protect
- Press, assembly and petition
- Worked example: a campus protest
- The Second and Third Amendments
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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