When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. United States free speech exceptions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech...

    The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. In the United States, some categories of speech are not protected by the First Amendment.According to the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Constitution protects free speech while allowing limitations on certain categories of speech.

  3. First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the...

    The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

  4. 54 years after Kent State: What limits are there to ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/54-years-kent-state-limits-093813327...

    The First Amendment also does not prevent the government from enforcing reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on speech, as long as the rules are applied even-handedly.

  5. Freedom of speech in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the...

    The First Amendment of the United States Constitution declares that "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. [37 ...

  6. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights...

    The 1828 presidential election was the first in which non-property-holding white males could vote in the vast majority of states. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage. [9] Maryland passes a law to allow Jews to vote. [10]

  7. This Is What the First Amendment Really Means - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/first-amendment-really...

    This is why the First Amendment is not relevant in regards to Twitter’s ban on the former president, he says, because just like the hypothetical restaurant, Twitter is a private business.

  8. Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

    Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  9. Poll taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Poll_taxes_in_the_United_States

    The Harper ruling was one of several that relied on the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment rather than the more direct provision of the 24th Amendment. In a two-month period in the spring of 1966, Federal courts declared unconstitutional poll tax laws in the last four states that still had them, starting with Texas on February