First Amendment Review

Which of these civil liberties is NOT protected by the First Amendment?

• Freedom of speech

• The right to own a gun (bear arms)

• Freedom of/from religion

• Freedom to petition the government

SCOTUS decision which held student speech could NOT be restricted unless it would "materially and substantially interfere" with school operations.

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Engel v. Vitale

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

In Engel v. Vitale, SCOTUS held that teacher-led prayer in public schools...

• Violates the Establishment Clause

• Violates the Free Exercise Clause

• Violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Is constitutional

An Amish family is told their son must attend public school until age 16, despite their wishes that he be taught at home and their belief that mandatory high school attendance goes against their religious beliefs. They would probably argue their state is violating the...

• Establishment Clause

• Fourth Amendment

• Free Exercise Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

Which of these best fits the definition of civil liberties?

• Positive actions of government that seek to end discrimination

• Rights that the government gives me, which can be found in the Bill of Rights

• Personal or individual freedoms that are protected from government infringement

• Non-criminal cases that result in a win for the defendant

Which of these examples WOULD be protected under the First Amendment?

• A newspaper makes up a story about a politician having an affair and prints it

• A person starts a blog that criticizes the U.S.'s current support for Ukraine in the current Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

• A public school student wears a Nazi armband to protest a recent school policy

• A person steals a U.S. flag from Home Depot and burns it on their own property