Amendment_I

Amendment I Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. 12/15/1791. "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." While "Congress shall make no law abridging speech," there are nevertheless exceptions made for speech that may be found harmful to overall society or individuals. Government and the courts have built a history of First Amendment jurisprudence that runs contrary to its absolutist language. For instance, you may not yell "FIRE" while watching a movie or play in a crowded theater unless speech, amendment, shall, make, law, first, fire, upon, religion, press, jurisprudence, internet, government, freedom, found, exceptions, courts, abridging, yell, while, welfare, congress, watching, unless, undue, treat, threatening, thereof, theater, television, telephone, technologies, society, societal, safety, runs, right, respecting, redress, really, protect, prohibiting, potentially, play, placed, petition, people, peaceably, overall, others, one