Amendment1Speech

=__// Amendment 1: Freedom of Speech // __= //By: Max//, //Wynekia, Kinsey//

 **//The First Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws that prohibit the free exercise of religion, laws that restrict the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or erase the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. It was written by James Madison on December 15, 1791 and supported by Thomas Jefferson. //**

__// Analysis //__
//**This article here states that your governing body cannot take away your words, neither by politics nor by force. Yes,this was made about in the 1760's, but if anything was wrong with it now, we would have fixed it.

We are here to focus on the problem of no freedom of speech, and haw your words should make a difference in this community. You words do matter, and ignore what the high elders say, because they are wrong and against you and what you stand for.**// 

__// West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) //__
 **//In 1943, all of teh students in the state of West Virginia were requieredd to say the pledge of allegiance and salute the flag, if the students didn't ovey this law they could be expelled and their parents could lose custody of the student. Many parents argued that this law violated freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

The court decided that the first amendment was being violated with the law, making a flag salute and saying the pledge of allegiance mandatory.

Justice Robert jackson was against the law, he said: "If there is any fixed star in our consttutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith there in"

Justice Felix Frankfurter was for this law and he said, "An act compelling profession of allegiance to a religion, no matter how subtly or tenuously promoted, is bad. But an act promoting good citizenship and national allegiance is within the domain of governmental authority and is therefore to be judged by the same considerations of power and of constitutionality as those involved in the many claims of immunity from//** //** civil obedience of religious scruples." **//

__// Applications //__

 * // We are lucky to have the first amendment, if it wasn't for free speech, we wouldn't have many of the things we have today. Without freedom of speech we can't speak our mind,our opinions,and wouldn't be able to vote for who he want to lead us. Who wants to live in a country where you don't have a say in the laws that you have to obey? //**[[image:http://lasvegasluxuryhomes.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/free-speech.jpg width="321" height="312" align="right" caption="Fight for the Freedom!"]]

//__Bibliography__//

 * [|Http://www.First admendmentschools.org/freedom/case.aspx?id=442]
 * [|Http://www.Dictonary.reference.com]
 * Eighth Grader US History Text
 * [|Http://lasvegasluxuryhomes.files.wordpre]
 * [|Http://www.gospel4deaf.blogspot.com]