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• - Provides information, links, and commentary on a wide array of First Amendment issues.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to advertising. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - Recent cases and organizations.
  
• - Promotes democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to the responsibilities of the press regarding public defamation of character. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to an individuals right of association and freedom of assembly. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to public discussion of religion. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to desecration of a United States flag. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - A site dedicated to denouncing the regulatory actions of the FCC. Includes polls, forums, and current events.
  
• - Provides an opinion that the general public beliefs are a misinterpretation of the first amendment. Includes an online book discussing interpetations and details.
  
• - Provides free information and a hotline for journalists and media lawyers. Also delivers up-to-date information on legal cases centering on First Amendment issues.
  
• - A brief essay by P. Meehan, treating a virtual abolition by the Court of the Free Exercise Clause.
  
• - Provides the history of this amendment. Includes links to relevant current topics and issues.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to expression of religious beliefs. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to an individuals right of expression. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - Essay from James C. Goodale on the First Amendment. "Goodale served as general counsel to The New York Times when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Times could continue to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers."
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to an individuals associations. Provides case history and court rulings.
  
• - Lesson plan and key documents about the Alien and Sedition Law.
  
• - Provides a guide to how this amendment effects the "press". Contains information on the rights of reporters in different situations and venues.
  
• - Overview of the original draft that led to the inclusion of guarantees of religious freedom for the individual and a separation between church and government into the first amendment.
  
• - An article discussing the history of censorship. Cites examples of censorship in the past and reference to modern day examples.
  
• - References legal documents related to cases involving the freedom of speech in relation to the dissemination of obscene or objectionable material. Provides case history and court rulings.