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Nov 21, 2024
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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US 270 First Amendment Abridged
This class will focus on First Amendment rights. It is the foundation upon which we chose to build this country, and, yet, it is arguably the most debated and morphing of all rights. Why? We will look at precedent setting court cases that deal with First Amendment issues such as book banning, hate speech, obscenity, restriction during war time, etc. We will examine moments in time and the cultural climate that provides the rationale for our legal and moral attitudes about freedom of speech and expression and censorship. Students will come to understand what they consider to be their guaranteed right to freedom of expression and when and how they are willing to have those rights abridged (if at all).
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