In the section on civil liberties and the Bill of Rights we discussed the first two clauses of this amendment - the establishment and free exercise clause. Here we cover the rest, those pertaining to the political freedoms. There are four, they are:
Congress shall make no law . . . 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.
- First Amendment Explained.
Let's lay out what types of activities related to each each
- the freedom of speech
- - political speech.
- - Mills v. Alabama.
- - Seditious Conspiracy.
- - Campaign Funding as Speech.
- - Interest Group Contributions.
- the press
- - printing presses - technology.
- - Freedom of Information.
- - The media industry.
- - Copyright law of the United States.
- - seditious libel.
- The right of the people peaceably to assemble.
- - Freedom of assembly.
- - Freedom of association.
- - Sons of Liberty.
- - Interest groups.
- - Political parties.
- - Political action committees.
- to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- - The right to petition.
- - Agency Capture.
- - Lobbyists
- - Government Relations
