06.03 Evaluate Reasoning PDF

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Argument and poetry in english history. Used in english 11 and 12 in COA...

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Complete a chart showing how the First Amendment impacted a landmark Supreme Court Case. You will explain what the case was about and identify two current cases relating to this amendment.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of

Freedoms, Petitions,

speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to

Assembly

assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Which landmark case

Island Trees School District v. Pico

will you use to as your primary example?

What is the landmark

The Island Trees School District’s board of education wanted to ban

case about and how

books from their library that they felt were inappropriate. The board

was this amendment

claimed the books were “un-american, un-christian, anti-semitic and

upheld?

just plain filthy”. The Court voted that the books could not be banned because banning them would be a violation of the 1st amendment. Banning the books would go against freedom of speech and press.

List two current court

Keefe v. Adams- Court ruled that a public college could expel a nursing

cases relating to this

student for Facebook posts that indicated lack of professionalism.

amendment.

Do a web search for current court cases.

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom- Court ruled that attendance limits on houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic did not violate the First Amendment.

Note: These cases must be from the last five years....