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Landmark Supreme Court Case: Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Deliberations over the role of religion in public life are as old as the United States itself - and, of…
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Bell RingerBroadcast Decency
Offensive content that appears in television or radio broadcasts can be regulated by the Federal…
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Bell RingerUnprotected Speech: Obscenity
Obscene content falls in the category of speech unprotected by First Amendment guarantees. Over the 20th…
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Bell RingerUnprotected Speech: Defamation (Libel and Slander)
While speech enjoys broad First Amendment protections in the United States, it is not an unlimited…
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Bell RingerTime-Place-Manner Restrictions
While free speech, assembly, and petition are protected under the First Amendment, the Supreme Court has…
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Bell RingerSymbolic Speech
Symbolic speech, defined as expression by conduct rather than words, has come before the United States…
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Bell RingerFreedom of the Press
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Congress shall make no…
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Lesson PlanAssembly and Petition in and Around Federal Government Workplaces
"Congress shall make no law...abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition…
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Bell RingerFreedom of Speech
The First Amendment guarantees that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech."…
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Bell RingerCivil Liberties
"Civil Liberties" is a broad umbrella term referring to individual freedoms and guarantees that are…
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Bell RingerCivil Rights
The broad umbrella term "civil rights" refers to legal protections founded in a commitment to equality,…
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Bell RingerThe Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted as a condition of ratification, are…
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Bell RingerThe Establishment Clause
The First Amendment begins "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."…
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Bell RingerMidterm Elections
The term "midterm election" refers to the election held midway through a presidential term of office,…
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Bell RingerPoll Taxes
Poll taxes, along with literacy tests and grandfather clauses, were structural barriers to voting…
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Bell RingerGrandfather Clauses in the Jim Crow South
Grandfather Clauses were a structural barrier to voting imposed by several states during the Jim Crow…
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Bell RingerThird Parties
The term "Third Party" in the United States represents any political party other than the two that…
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Bell RingerLiteracy Tests
Literacy tests were a barrier to voting in common usage in Southern states, as well as other parts of…
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Bell RingerRetrospective Voting
Retrospective voting is the notion in political science that voters make their decisions in a given…
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Bell RingerPolitical Efficacy
Political efficacy is defined as the sense of an individual citizen that he or she is capable of…
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