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Constitutional law
Chapter 2 Speech
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2014

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What did the English Government restrict?
Definition
restricted both political and religious speech.
Term
In England Anti-government speech was considered what?
Definition
Treason
Term
What are the first 5 five things that the first amendment freedoms protect?
Definition
Speech,press, right of the people to peaceably assemble,to petition the government for redress of grievances, freedom of religion.
Term
what did the first amendment originally apply only to the federal government? and then was was applied to the states.
Definition
14th Amendment Due process clause
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What does the first amendment prohibit Congress from doing?
Definition
passing any law in which abridges the freedom of speech.
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