Freedom of Assembly and Petition

Freedom of Assembly and Petition
Author: Margaret M. Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This is the first anthology of scholarship about the Assembly and Petition Clauses. Congress shall make no lawabridgingthe right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom of Assembly and Petition

Freedom of Assembly and Petition
Author: Robert Winters
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2006-09-29
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 0737752653

Editor Robert Winters covers the historical development of the right of assembly and petition, how the Supreme Court defines the rights of assembly and association, and the role of assembly and petition in social movements.

Our Rights

Our Rights
Author: David J. Bodenhamer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195325672

"This boxed set contains classroom resources to help America's educators teach about the most important documents in U.S. history"--Box

Our Democratic First Amendment

Our Democratic First Amendment
Author: Ashutosh Bhagwat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108583423

The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association and assembly, and the right to petition the government. Why did the Framers protect these particular rights? What role were these rights intended to play in our democracy? And what force do they retain in today's world? In this highly readable account, Ashutosh Bhagwat explores the answers to these questions. The first part of the book looks at the history of the First Amendment, early political conflicts over its meaning, and the lessons to be learned from those events about the nature of our system of government. The second part applies those lessons to our modern, fractious democracy as it has evolved in the age of the Internet and social media. Now as then, the key to maintaining that democracy, it turns out, is an active citizenry that fully embraces the First Amendment.

Free for You and Me

Free for You and Me
Author: Christy Mihaly
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 080752445X

Find out the freedoms and rights of the First Amendment. It's a free country! But what does that mean? Find out the five liberties protected by the First Amendment. Vivid examples from history and everyday life demonstrate the meaning of freedom of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights to assemble peacefully and to petition the government.

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings
Author: Editors of Canterbury Classics
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 168412106X

“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . ” — The U.S Constitution The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings is a collection of the crucial documents, speeches, and other writings that shaped the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can review the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, important presidential speeches, and many others. Both famous and lesser-known, but equally important, Americans are represented, including Benjamin Franklin, Victoria Woodhull, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and even the creators of the rules of baseball. The founders' inspirational and revolutionary ideals are all here, and this is a perfect volume for anyone who finds the history of America to be a fascinating and enlightening journey.

Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court

Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court
Author: Terry Eastland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780847697113

In Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court, Terry Eastland brings together the Court's leading First Amendment cases, some 60 in all, starting with Schenck v. United States (1919) and ending with Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1998). Complete with a comprehensive introduction, pertinent indices and a useful bibliography, Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court offers the general and specialized reader alike a thorough treatment of the Court's understanding on the First Amendment's speech, press, assembly, and petition clauses.

Encyclopedia Of First Amendment Set

Encyclopedia Of First Amendment Set
Author: John Vile
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 1464
Release: 2008-09-25
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780872893115

In the first work of its kind, this new and exciting two-volume reference comprehensively examines all the freedoms in the First Amendment, including free speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion. Encyclopedia of the First Amendment covers the political, historical, and cultural significance of the First Amendment. It provides exclusive, singular focus on what most people consider the essential elements of the Bill of Rights and the basic liberties that Americans enjoy.

A Right to Discriminate?

A Right to Discriminate?
Author: Andrew Koppelman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-07-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0300155921

Should the Boy Scouts of America and other noncommercial associations have a right to discriminate when selecting their members?Does the state have a legitimate interest in regulating the membership practices of private associations? These questions-- raised by Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Scouts had a right to expel gay members-- are at the core of this provocative book, an in-depth exploration of the tension between freedom of association and antidiscrimination law. The book demonstrates that the right to discriminate has a long and unpleasant history. Andrew Koppelman and Tobias Wolff bring together legal history, constitutional theory, and political philosophy to analyze how the law ought to deal with discriminatory private organizations.

National Security and the First Amendment

National Security and the First Amendment
Author: Richard K. Willard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1984
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This work debates where the lines should be drawn between the demands of national security and the public's right of access to government information.