Constitution USA- Rights

You have the right to protest in a public place.

• Tinker v DesMoines
• Snyder v Westboro Baptist
• Texas v Johnson
• Miranda v Arizona

Political protestors have a right to protest at a funeral (given they are on public property), even if the protestors inflict great emotional damage as a result.

• Tinker v. DesMoine
• Chaplinsky v. N.H.
• Snyder v. Westboro Baptist Church
• Cohen v. CA

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

What freedom gives you the right to say anything you want just long as you are not  threatening safety of anyone?

• Press
• Petition
• Assembly
• Speech

Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater is a violation of what first amendment freedom?

• speech
• press
• petition
• assembly

Why is protecting the right to freedom of expression important?

• promotes individual growth and human dignity
• can incite violence against government
• allows for creation of religion
• right to bear arms

How does the First Amendment begin? 

• "Four score and seven years ago…." 
• "When, in the course of human events…." 
•  "Freedom of speech and of the press shall not be abridged…."
• "Congress shall make no law…." 

The First Amendment protects a person's right to burn the American flag as a form of political protest. 

• True
• False

Freedom of Speech is unlimited

• True

• False

The decision for Tinker V. Des Moines said that:

• The Nazi Party could not be prohibited from marching peacefully because of the content of their message.

• The First Amendment did not protect “fighting words.”

• Separating black and white students in public schools is unconstitutional.

• Students don't shed their constitutional rights to speech at school.