The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.
Q. How does the structure of the First Amendment supports equal weight of each freedom it guarantees?
The First Amendment supports equal weight to each freedom guarantees because they are all connected and included in this one amendment. This amendment embodies freedoms of conscious or thought and their expressions through speech or action.
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- Q. How does the structure of the First Amendment supports equal weight of each freedom it guarantees?
- Q. What are the four parts of the First Amendment?
- Q. What counts as inciting violence?
- Q. What is speech that incites violence?
- Q. What types of speech are illegal?
- Q. What is the value in protecting unpopular speech?
- Q. Why is some speech unprotected?
Q. What are the four parts of the First Amendment?
A careful reading of the First Amendment reveals that it protects several basic liberties — freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly.
Q. What counts as inciting violence?
Inciting to Riot, Violence, or Insurrection Criminal incitement refers to conduct, words, or other means that urge or naturally lead others to riot, violence, or insurrection.
Q. What is speech that incites violence?
Incitement is speech that is intended and likely to provoke imminent unlawful action.
Q. What types of speech are illegal?
Which types of speech are not protected by the First Amendment?
- Obscenity.
- Fighting words.
- Defamation (including libel and slander)
- Child pornography.
- Perjury.
- Blackmail.
- Incitement to imminent lawless action.
- True threats.
Q. What is the value in protecting unpopular speech?
— What is the value in protecting unpopular speech? — The Supreme Court has determined that certain types of speech, such as fighting words, violent threats and misleading advertising, are of only “low” First Amendment value because they don’t contribute to a public discussion of ideas, and are therefore not protected.
Q. Why is some speech unprotected?
The Court generally identifies these categories as obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, fighting words, true threats, speech integral to criminal conduct, and child pornography. The contours of these categories have changed over time, with many having been significantly narrowed by the Court.
