Teach on Speech
Maryland Heights Patch Celebrates the First Amendment Throughout July
Throughout this month, we'll be taking a look at different First Amendment issues, including public access to information in Missouri.
July is a month to celebrate American freedoms. Hundreds of years ago, the country’s forefathers established a country devoid of royal rule, where its citizens had certain inalienable rights. Maryland Heights Patch celebrates one of those rights every day; "the freedom of speech and of the press." The First Amendment grants everyone the right to speak our minds and worship as we see fit. Here's the First Amendment's text, found on the Cornell University Law School website: “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 …
Denise Nelson
11:00 pm on Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Great article & series! more ›