Five facts about the First Amendment ?

Question

list five facts about the First Amendment

Answer 1

- It covers several enumerated rights, including Free Speech, Free press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to assemble, and Freedom to petition the government.

-It was first applied to the states through the 14th Amendment in Schenck v. New York (1925).

-It covers several implied rights like freedom of association, freedom to travel, freedom to participate in politics, freedom to donate to political candidates, and a limited right to anonymity.

-Palko v. Connecticut (1937) identified freedom of though as the unifying theme of all the first amendment guarantees.  There even exist question as to whether mental patients have the right to refuse psychotropic drugs.

-It was actually not the first amendment proposed in the original bill of rights, containing thirteen proposals.

Answer 2

Its awesome...

it gives

      freedom of religion

      freedom of assembly

      freedom of the press

      freedom to petition

      and

      freedom of speech

it was adopted on December 15, 1791

It and the bill of rights were adopted to assure civil liberties, and persuade to those against the constitution.

its a part of the bill of rights...

sorry i dont know any more...

Answer 3

It won't exist much longer.

BILL S-1959

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJsovPRT...

http://www.ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faq...

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/11/20/h...

http://www.truthout.org/article/the-viol...

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd...

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles...

http://www.naturalnews.com/022308.html