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First Amendment
Impact Your
Life? A
recent survey
concluded
that young
people feel
the First
Amendment
is not vital
to their
lives. We
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| The
First Amendment 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. |
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The
Fair Use Network is Launched
The Free Expression Policy Project
has just launched a new website with
information and resources to help artists,
scholars, activists, and everyone else
who contributes to culture and political
debate defend their rights to fair
use under copyright and trademark law.
Go to www.fairusenetwork.org and
take a look. |
Knight,
Channel One Team Up to Boost Teens'
Understanding of First Amendment
Channel
One ( http://www.channelone.com )
and the Miami-based John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation
( http://knightfdn.org )have
announced a national campaign
to help teens understand
and appreciate the personal
freedoms guaranteed by the
First Amendment.
The three-year
program, funded with a $2.25 million
grant from Knight, will begin in
January 2007, with Channel One
providing a mix of broadcast and
ChannelOne.com programming, public
service announcements, student
events, and instructional materials
and other resources for educators.
The network is a major provider
of news and public affairs content
for teenagers and reaches more
than seven million students in
middle and high school nationwide.
"Our surveys
of high school teens show there's
great interest in the First Amendment
but also great skepticism," said
Knight Foundation president Alberto
Ibargüen. "Our collaboration
with Channel One will help us take
the message of the rights -- and
responsibilities -- of freedom of
expression and the press dir- ectly
to the future leaders of this country."
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org |
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SPECIAL ALERTS
Report
Finds Rampant Censorship at American
Colleges and Universities
A report released by the Foundation
for Individual Rights in Education
(FIRE) reveals that burdensome restrictions
on speech are commonplace at America's
colleges and universities.
The full report
is available here: www.thefire.org |
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Free
Speech Groups Urge Court to Reject
FCC Censorship
New York, NY, November 30,
2006-New standards adopted by the Federal
Communications Commission to censor "indecency" on
the airwaves are overly vague and unconstitutional,
a coalition of 20 free speech organizations,
community broadcasters, filmmakers,
performers and writers argued in a
legal brief filed today.
The full brief is available as a
PDF: http://www.fepproject.org
For more information:
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Public
Opinion on First Amendment Sets Stage
For Supreme Court Rulings, Yale Law
Study Concludes
Study
emphasizes the
importance of educating
the public on freedom
of speech and other
civil liberties.
MIAMI - Do public attitudes about the
First Amendment matter? The answer, simply,
is yes. And here's the latest reason
why: Because public opinion shapes how
the Supreme Court rules.
The study is
available on the web HERE . |
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