the constitution of the united states and the bill of rights
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The Constitution of theUnited States
and the
Bill of Rights
Five Freedoms
S p e e ch P re ss A sse m b ly P e tit ion R e lig io n
A m e nd m e nt O N E
Speech
• What is free speech?
• Can you have too much freedom?
• Give examples
Dream.ram
Press
• News• Letters• Personal• Email• Are there any
limitations to what we can put into print?
Assembly
• IRA marching in Catholic neighborhoods?
• KKK Marching in Chicago
• Homecoming parade
Petition
• Referred measure
• Initiated measure
• No national petition (by state only)
• Redress by undress?
Religion
• Establishment clause• Freedom of . . .• “separation of church
and state”• Jefferson’s letters to
the Danbury Baptists
REVIEW
• Writing to the school editor
• Student lead prayer• Gathering signatures
to change policy• Homecoming parade• Marilyn Manson• March to White Clay
• Carrying a Bible• Student body
presidents campaign speeches
• Email• Protesting US military
involvement
For tomorrow
2nd Amendment
What is it?
Right to Bear Arms
• For the preservation of a free state
• To maintain a militia• Where were the guns
kept• When did it become
necessary to keep them in your home?
Credits – Work cited
• Martin Luther King picture – American Government; Holt, Rinehart, & Winston p.351
• New York Times picture – ibid.