First Amendment

Amendment means to fix or to amend something.
First Amendment is the most important because it makes Americans who they are today.

Freedom of Assembly

• Occupy Wall Street 
• they can stand because they have the right to stand and do so. 
• protesting because they felt as if they were not being paid fairly. 
• If public safety is an issue 
• the 1% of rich people say that they own the money because they work the hardest. 

Freedom of Religion 

• We stereotype Muslims due to their past actions. 
• The FBI are constantly spying on Muslims. 
• Can the state decide if a certain nationality should be allowed in the U.S.? 
• Racial and religious stereotype can lead you down a bad path. 

Freedom of the Press 

• Do students have the right to post anything? 
• No, they do not have the freedom of speech because they're posting controversial stuff on the school's website.  
• It becomes a federal because it's the first amendment. 

Freedom of Speech 

• A school in Jefferson County, Colorado wanted to promote patriotism, teachers and students protested. (school told teachers and students to not teach about civil disobedience.) 
• Law states that no one can stop people from expressing what they feel. 

Freedom of Petition 

• When people want something they can write a petition and receive peoples' opinions. 
• Ex. of petition - pipeline carrying environment harmful oils under thirteen states, religious groups against, others for. 
• People have the right to petition to the government.