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Lesson 6: 4.6 First Amendment: Speech and Press- Text of the First Amendment Speech and Press Clauses
- Why are free speech and a free press important to a democracy?
- First Amendment Speech and Press Clauses—Part I
- First Amendment Speech and Press Clauses—Part II
- Interactive Constitution Essay: the Speech and Press Clauses
- Primary Source: James Madison, Virginia Resolutions (1798)
- Primary Source: Frederick Douglass, "A Plea for Freedom of Speech in Boston" (1860)
- Primary Source: Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Primary Source: Abrams v. United States (1919)
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Why are free speech and a free press important to a democracy?
Eugene Volokh talks about the importance of free speech and press to a democracy.
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