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Test your Constitutional knowledge: Is misinformation protected by the First Amendment?

Think you know how far free speech goes? This quiz puts misinformation — and the First Amendment — to the test.
syracuse.com

Americans agree the First Amendment is important, but many are unsure why, survey says

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is important to Americans, but only a fraction of them can fully explain why. That’s according to an annual survey by Freedom Forum which polled Americans ...
SFGate

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ray Brescia, Albany Law School (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine a protest outside the ...
Reason

Jimmy Kimmel, the NRA, and the First Amendment

ABC is free to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show for whatever reason it wants to (at least unless there's some contractual limit on that, which I doubt). The First Amendment doesn't constrain private ...
Government Executive

Labor groups warn of ‘gaping hole’ in First Amendment if court OKs Trump’s anti-union orders

Attorneys for the nation’s largest federal employee union warned this week that the August decision to allow President Trump’s executive orders stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their ...
mlive

Test your Constitutional knowledge: Are these protests protected by the First Amendment?

The Freedom Forum found only 10% of Americans in its most recent annual survey could name all five freedoms protected by the ...
Penn Live

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not | The Conversation

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” ...