8 Facts About First Amendment

1. The First Amendment applies to all branches of government, including legislatures, courts, juries, and executive officials and agencies.

2. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools.

3. The First Amendment limits what government in its various forms can do to restrict speech.

4. The First Amendment affords the broadest protection to such political expression.

5. The First Amendment generally prohibits the government from punishing people for engaging in certain speech.

6. The First Amendment assumes that the speaker, not the government, should decide the value of speech.

7. The First Amendment sets out many of the most cherished freedoms in America, including the freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly.

8. The First Amendment applies to federal, state and local governments including all branches of government.