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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the Constitution | United States Bill of Rights | Ratified December 15th, 1791 ORGANIZATIONS The First Amendment Center Visit the First Amendment Center Online for information, commentary and analysis on issues across the entire range of First Amendment freedoms: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition. The First Amendment Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan program of the Freedom Forum, which also is principal funder of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. American Civil Liberties Union For more than 80 years, this non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of members and 53 affiliates nationwide - including the NYCLU and ACLU-SC - has fought to preserve the protections and guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. To learn more about recent first amendment cases, visit the group's page on Free Speech. American Constitution Society The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is a progressive legal organization, comprised of lawyers, judges, students and policy makers committed to promoting the vitality of the Constitution and the fundamental values it expresses. Center for Constitutional Rights The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. The Five Freedoms Project The Five Freedoms Project is a national organization that provides local school leaders with the leadership development, coaching and support they need to address two of America's greatest challenges - improving the performance of our public schools, and strengthening the quality of our civic discourse - at the same time. READING 'The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What it Means for Americans' by Martin Garbus, 2007. ISBN 9781583227329 'Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and The Unmaking of American Law' by Martin Garbus, 2002. ISBN 9780805072877 'Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment' by Floyd Abrams, 2005. ISBN 9780670033751 |
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