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P CURRICULUM 5. What patterns do you notice in the limits on speech? harassment, true threats, intimidation, and other unlawful conduct. Fighting words 6. What patterns do you notice in speech that has been protected? No pledge of allegiance flag burning cross burning. Its protected because its political speech and you can not be punished for political opinion PART 4: Analyzing the Text Directions: Read the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Then answer questions 7-9. THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: 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. 7. "Abridge” is one of your vocabulary words in this unit. To remind yourself, write the definition here. To Shorten 8. Whose power to abridge people’s freedom of speech is specifically limited by the amendment? Supreme court I A 9. The US courts have decided that groups or institutions that get their power from the federal government are v also limited in their ability to abridge people's freedom of speech. Circle or highlight each group below whose ™, power is also limited by this amendment. State governments The military The police Churches Corporations Public schools Private schools Unit 6: Free Speech and Social Media 1 Unless otherwise noted, this content is licensed under the CC BY-NC-5A 4.0 license LR COMMONLIT 360 CURRICULUM PART 5: Scenarios Directions: Read each scenario and imagine you are a judge deciding whether the First Amendment protects the person’s right to speak. Then answer questions 10-13. Explain each of your answers. SCENARIO A: Isabel, an employee of Gerry's Discount Plumbing, puts a post on social media stating that she thinks the current president is the worst we've ever had. Gerry, her boss, knows that many of his customers are fans of the current president. He feels Isabel’s statement is bad for his business, so he fires her. 10. In your opinion as a judge, would the First Amendment protect Isabel from being fired in this situation? SCENARIO B: Cal is walking down the street with some friends when he says that the current president is the worst we've ever had. Jay, a police officer, is standing nearby and hears Cal’s statement. Jay is a big fan of the president. He approaches Cal, asks him for identification, and starts searching him. When Cal resists this search, Jay arrests him. Cal fights this arrest in court by saying there was no legal reason for Jay to have stopped and searched him in the first place. 11. In your opinion as a judge, would the First Amendment protect Cal from being arrested in this situation? Cal is right Jay is abusing his power as a officer .}
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