Ivonne Rincon

Lectures Notes Overview of the first Amendment

First a Amendment is part of the Bill of the rights, it includes five basic
freedoms: religion, speech, press assembly and petition.
Freedom of religion, practice, not national religion. Employers cant hire or
fire you for your religion.
Your dress, free wears religion clothes
Freedom of speech, talk about your ideas, also symbolic speech, all form of
expression,
Freedom of press, books, magazines etc. criticizing the government without
fear
Freedom of assembly , meet in groups
Freedom of petition, ask the government to change de laws.