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THE FIRST AMENDMENT
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exerise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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American Civil Liberties Union - an organization that represents clients in cases involving the infringement of civil liberties, including First Amendment rights
Freedom Forum - news and information about the First Amendment
Cornell Law School - information about First Amendment law
Electronic Frontier Foundation - an organization that deals with something this website has not: free speech rights on the Internet and free speech in digital media
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression - "Devoted solely to the defense of free expression in all its forms"
Internet Free Expression Alliance - a group that seeks to ensure that the Internet is kept an open, diverse forum
Center for Campus Free Speech - dedicated to "protect the marketplace of ideas created by student fees"; i.e, the on-campus environment as well as the classroom environment
Free Expression Clearinghouse - this is "an alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the First Amendment right of free expression and the values it represents, and to opposing governmental efforts to suppress constitutionally protected speech"