Freedom of the First Amendment
The Freedom of the First Amendment Is the wide array of the internet stretching to its limits? ... The Supreme Court is faced with the alarm of censorship being a violation of the First Amendment and the concern to protect “harm against minors” throughout the internet. ... The freedom of speech is one of the many freedoms that make this country great and to put censors on something could very well be a violation of that liberty. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution states: 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. The very words written by our fore-fathers in 1776 specifically spell out the freedom that is easily crippled by censorship. ... President Clinton signed the Communication s Decency Act, which limits freedom of expression of the Internet. ... The Supreme Court struck down this Act and granted protection under the First Amendment. ... Censoring the students’ freedom of speech, not only on Net surfing but also on verbal and written language, is something that the school boards feel is needed keep students from offended one another. ... The major difference between these countries and America is the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. ... America has the issue of freedom tied into the censorship argument and thus causes the debates to have this different concept tied into them.