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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1586127)	1/31/2026 12:44:04 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586221

First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms 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. Amdt1.1Overview of First Amendment, Fundamental Freedoms Amdt1.2 Religion Amdt1.2.1Overview of the Religion Clauses (Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses) Amdt1.2.2 Historical Background Amdt1.2.2.1Introduction to the Historical Background on the Religion Clauses Amdt1.2.2.2England and Religious Freedom Amdt1.2.2.3State-Established Religion in the Colonies Amdt1.2.2.4Colonial Concepts of Religious Liberty Amdt1.2.2.5Virginia's Movement Towards Religious Freedom Amdt1.2.2.6Continental Congresses and Religious Freedom Amdt1.2.2.7Constitutional Convention, Ratification, and the Bill of Rights Amdt1.2.2.8Early Interpretations of the Religion Clauses Amdt1.2.3 Religious Disputes Amdt1.2.3.1Overview of Government Resolution of Religious Disputes Amdt1.2.3.2Doctrinal Basis of Government Resolution of Religious Disputes Amdt1.2.3.3Neutral Principles of Law and Government Resolution of Religious Disputes Amdt1.2.3.4Church Leadership and the Ministerial Exception Amdt1.3 Establishment Clause Amdt1.3.1General Principle of Government Neutrality to Religion Amdt1.3.2Accommodationist and Separationist Theories of the Establishment Clause Amdt1.3.3Establishment Clause Tests Generally Amdt1.3.4 Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.4.1Overview of Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.4.2Early Cases on Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.4.3Adoption of the Lemon Test Amdt1.3.4.4Application of the Lemon Test Amdt1.3.4.5Zelman and Indirect Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.4.6Denying Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.5 Non-Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.5.1Overview of Non-Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.5.2Early Cases on Non-Financial Assistance to Religion Amdt1.3.5.3Purpose and Effect Test Before Lemon Amdt1.3.6 Non-Financial Assistance to Religion and the Lemon Test Amdt1.3.6.1Lemon's Purpose Prong Amdt1.3.6.2Overview of Lemon's Effect Prong Amdt1.3.6.3Lemon's Effect Prong and Accommodation of Religion Amdt1.3.6.4Lemon's Effect Prong and Pervasively Sectarian Institutions Amdt1.3.6.5Lemon's Entanglement Prong Amdt1.3.6.6Endorsement Variation on Lemon Amdt1.3.7 Non-Financial Assistance to Religion and Non-Lemon Tests Amdt1.3.7.1Abandonment of the Lemon Test Amdt1.3.7.2Coercion and Establishment Clause Doctrine Amdt1.3.7.3Establishment Clause and Historical Practices and Tradition Amdt1.4 Free Exercise Clause Amdt1.4.1Overview of Free Exercise Clause Amdt1.4.2Laws Regulating Religious Belief Amdt1.4.3 Laws Neutral to Religious Practice Amdt1.4.3.1Laws Neutral to Religious Practice during the 1940s and 1950s Amdt1.4.3.2Laws Neutral to Religious Practice from the 1960s through the 1980s Amdt1.4.3.3Laws Neutral to Religious Practice and Internal Government Affairs Amdt1.4.3.4Laws Neutral to Religious Practice and Current Doctrine Amdt1.4.3.5Laws Neutral to Religious Practice Regulating Prisons and the Military Amdt1.4.4Laws that Discriminate Against Religious Practice Amdt1.5Relationship Between the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses Amdt1.6Relationship Between Religion Clauses and Free Speech Clause Amdt1.7 Free Speech Clause Amdt1.7.1Historical Background on Free Speech Clause Amdt1.7.2 Procedural Matters Amdt1.7.2.1The Overbreadth Doctrine, Statutory Language, and Free Speech Amdt1.7.2.2Vagueness, Statutory Language, and Free Speech Amdt1.7.2.3Prior Restraints on Speech Amdt1.7.2.4State Action Doctrine and Free Speech Amdt1.7.2.5Retaliatory Prosecution and Arrest Amdt1.7.3 Content-Based and Content-Neutral Regulation of Speech Amdt1.7.3.1Overview of Content-Based and Content-Neutral Regulation of Speech Amdt1.7.3.2Development of a Judicial Approach to Content-Based Speech Laws Amdt1.7.3.3Laws Making Facial Content-Based Distinctions Regarding Speech Amdt1.7.3.4Laws Regulating Speech with a Content-Discriminatory Purpose Amdt1.7.3.5Laws Making Speaker-Based Distinctions in Regulating Speech Amdt1.7.3.6Content-Based and Compelled Speech Amdt1.7.3.7Content-Neutral Laws Burdening Speech Amdt1.7.4 Viewpoint-Based Regulation of Speech Amdt1.7.4.1Overview of Viewpoint-Based Regulation of Speech Amdt1.7.4.2Viewpoint-Based Distinctions on the Face of a Law Amdt1.7.4.3Viewpoint Discrimination in Facially Neutral Laws Amdt1.7.4.4Viewpoint-Based Distinctions Within Proscribable Speech Amdt1.7.4.5Viewpoint Neutrality in Forum Analysis Amdt1.7.5 Categorical Approach Amdt1.7.5.1Overview of Categorical Approach to Restricting Speech Amdt1.7.5.2Early Doctrine of Incitement Amdt1.7.5.3Incitement Movement from Clear and Present Danger Test Amdt1.7.5.4Incitement Current Doctrine Amdt1.7.5.5Fighting Words Amdt1.7.5.6True Threats Amdt1.7.5.7Defamation Amdt1.7.5.8Application of Defamation Cases to Group Libel, Hate Speech Amdt1.7.5.9False Statements Outside of Defamation Amdt1.7.5.10Privacy Torts Amdt1.7.5.11Obscenity Amdt1.7.5.12Child Pornography Amdt1.7.6 Commercial Speech Amdt1.7.6.1Commercial Speech Early Doctrine Amdt1.7.6.2Central Hudson Test and Current Doctrine Amdt1.7.7 Public Forum Doctrine Amdt1.7.7.1The Public Forum Amdt1.7.7.2Public and Nonpublic Forums Amdt1.7.7.3Quasi-Public Places Amdt1.7.8 Role of Government Amdt1.7.8.1Overview of Government Roles Amdt1.7.8.2Government Speech and Government as Speaker Amdt1.7.8.3Coercive Government Speech Amdt1.7.8.4School Free Speech and Government as Educator Amdt1.7.8.5Prison Free Speech and Government as Prison Administrator Amdt1.7.9 Public Employee Speech and Government as Employer Amdt1.7.9.1Loyalty Oaths Amdt1.7.9.2Political Activities and Government Employees Amdt1.7.9.3Honoraria and Government Employees Amdt1.7.9.4Pickering Balancing Test for Government Employee Speech Amdt1.7.10 Regulation of the Media Amdt1.7.10.1Overview of Regulation of the Media Amdt1.7.10.2Taxation and Financial Regulation of Media Amdt1.7.10.3Broadcast Radio and Television Amdt1.7.10.4Cable Television Amdt1.7.11 Print, Telephone, and the Internet Amdt1.7.11.1Overview of Print, Telephone, and the Internet Amdt1.7.11.2Print Media Amdt1.7.11.3Telephone Communications Amdt1.7.11.4The Internet Amdt1.7.12 Governmentally Required Access and Editorial Discretion Amdt1.7.12.1Overview of Access and Editorial Discretion Amdt1.7.12.2Access and Editorial Discretion in Broadcast Media Amdt1.7.12.3Access and Editorial Discretion in Cable Television Amdt1.7.13 Political Speech Amdt1.7.13.1Overview of Campaign Finance Amdt1.7.13.2Campaign Finance Contribution Limits and Source Restrictions Amdt1.7.13.3Campaign Finance Expenditure Limits Amdt1.7.13.4Campaign Finance Disclosure and Disclaimer Requirements Amdt1.7.13.5Lobbying Amdt1.7.13.6Legislative Investigations Amdt1.7.14 Compelled Speech Amdt1.7.14.1Overview of Compelled Speech Amdt1.7.14.2Flag Salutes and Other Compelled Speech Amdt1.7.14.3Compelled Subsidization Amdt1.7.15 Unconstitutional Conditions on Speech Amdt1.7.15.1Overview of Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine Amdt1.7.15.2Conditions of Public Employment Amdt1.7.15.3Conditions on Tax Exemptions Amdt1.7.15.4Conditions on Federal Funding Amdt1.7.15.5Restrictions on Editorializing Amdt1.7.15.6Selective Funding Arrangements Amdt1.7.15.7Government's Message Versus Private Speakers Amdt1.7.15.8Public Entities and Private Access Amdt1.7.15.9Conditions Exceeding the Scope of the Program Amdt1.7.15.10Requirements That Can Be Imposed Directly Amdt1.7.16 Symbolic Speech Amdt1.7.16.1Overview of Symbolic Speech Amdt1.7.16.2Leaflets and Handbills Amdt1.7.16.3Flags as a Case Study in Symbolic Speech Amdt1.7.16.4Public Issue Picketing and Parading Amdt1.7.16.5Labor Union Protests and Marches Amdt1.7.16.6Solicitation Amdt1.8 Freedom of Association Amdt1.8.1Overview of Freedom of Association Amdt1.8.2 Restrictions on Expressive Association Amdt1.8.2.1Barriers to Group Advocacy and Legal Action Amdt1.8.2.2Election Laws Amdt1.8.2.3Denial of Employment or Public Benefits Amdt1.8.2.4Conditions of Incarceration Amdt1.8.2.5Material Support Bar Amdt1.8.3 Disclosure of Association Amdt1.8.3.1Associational Privacy Amdt1.8.3.2Disclosure of Membership Lists Amdt1.8.3.3Character and Fitness and Evidentiary Disclosures Amdt1.8.3.4Legislative Inquiries Amdt1.8.3.5Donor Disclosure Requirements Amdt1.8.4 Compelled Association Amdt1.8.4.1Union Membership and Fees Amdt1.8.4.2Nondiscrimination and Equal-Access Requirements Amdt1.8.5Intimate Association Amdt1.9 Freedom of the Press Amdt1.9.1Overview of Freedom of the Press Amdt1.9.2Protection of Confidential Sources Amdt1.9.3Access to Government Places and Papers Amdt1.10 Freedoms of Assembly and Petition Amdt1.10.1Historical Background on Freedoms of Assembly and Petition Amdt1.10.2Doctrine on Freedoms of Assembly and Petition constitution.congress.gov