First+Amendment

=Free Speech and the First Amendment= Freedom of Speech is guaranteed in the First Amendment to the Consitution of the United States. This pathfinder was originally created for Ms. Gibbons' Law class. It provides access to a variety of sources on free speech and challenges to it, legal cases, and controversies throughout history and in our time. toc

Books in Carnegie Library
Browse call numbers in the 320's and 340's. Use subject search terms: "free speech," "first amendment," "supreme court"

A sample of titles in our collection: Boaz, John. //Free speech.// San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2006. 342.7308 FRE Icenoggle, Jodi. //Schenck v. United States and the freedom of speech debate : debating Supreme Court decisions.// Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2005. 323.44 ICE McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. //Tinker v. Des Moines and students' right to free speech: debating Supreme Court decisions.// Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2006. 342.7308 MCP Ruschmann, Paul. //The FCC and regulating indecency.// Philaldelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2005. 343.7309 RUS Smolla, Rodney A. //Free Speech In An Open Society.// New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 323.44 SMO Shuker-Haines, Frances. //Rights and responsibilities.// Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1993. 320.473 SHU Steffens, Bradley, ed. //The free speech movement.// San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 2004. 342.7308 FRE

RSS Feeds
What is RSS? RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It is a way of collecting and viewing frequently updated online content such as news headlines and blog entries. The following provide content relevant to First Amendment news and legal cases. ACLU rss url="http://www.aclu.org/news/project/free-speech/feed" link="true" number="10" Citizen Media Law Project rss url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/LegalThreatsBlog?format=xml" link="true" number="10" rss url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CMLPpodcasts?format=xml" link="true" number="10"

Websites
[|First Amendment Center Website] Operated by the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, provides "comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, daily First Amendment news, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists." [|American Library Association -- First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution] ACLU Free Speech portal Citizen Media Law Project -- Legal Threats Database "The database contains lawsuits, cease & desist letters, subpoenas, and other legal threats directed at those who engage in online speech. You can view, search, and comment on every entry in the database." The Virtual Chase Legal Research Guide -- First Amendment Law "Legal research requires the use of special tools and publications. The Virtual Chase informs about Web sites and research strategies for finding the law." Free Speech Portal -- Global Issues in Context