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First Amendment Resources

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

The Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791
 

 

In its article 4 Special Mandates on Freedom of Expression Issue Joint Declaration Today, the International Freedom of Expression EXchange (IFEX) reports that the "four international mandates on freedom of expression—the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression—released a Joint Declaration (PDF) addressing key freedom of expression issues today. These include the publication of confidential information by the media, openness at international public bodies, freedom of expression and cultural/religious tensions and impunity in the face of attacks on journalists."


First Amendment Resources A-B

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ACLU National Freedom Scorecard

ALA Intellectual Freedom Statements and Policies

Areopagitica, by John Milton

The Bill of Rights: A Brief History

Blue Ribbon Campaign (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities

Book Burning

First Amendment Resources C

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Censorship, the Internet, Intellectual Freedom, and Youth

Children’s Rights Law Materials (Legal Information Institute)

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Code of Ethics

Constitution of the United States

First Amendment Resources D–E

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Declaración de los Derechos de las Bibliotecas

Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

First Amendment Resources F

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The File Room

FindLaw, Internet Legal Resources

FindLaw: First Amendment Annotations

First Amendment—Religion and Expression

The First Amendment Handbook

Flag Amendment

Flag Amendment (ACLU)

Flag Amendment (ASNE)

Flag Amendment (free!)

Flag Amendment (People for the American Way)

Free and Equal: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50

Free Expression After September 11th - An Online Index

The Free Expression Policy Project

Freedom of Expression (ACLU Briefing Paper)

The Freedom to Read Statement

First Amendment Resources G–K

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Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy

Holt Uncensored

Intellectual Freedom Issues

Intellectual Freedom Manual

Intellectual Freedom Quotes

Internet

Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights

First Amendment Resources L–N

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Language versions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Legal Information Institute

Library Bill of Rights

Minors’ Right to Receive Information Under the First Amendment

First Amendment Resources O–P

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On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill

Protecting the Freedom to Read: Other ALA Policies, Procedures, Resolutions, and Guidelines

First Amendment Resources Q–S

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Quotes, Intellectual Freedom

Quotes on Intellectual Freedom & Censorship

Safe and Free (ACLU)

Supreme Court Decisions (from Findlaw Internet Legal Resources)

The Supreme Court of the United States Home Page

First Amendment Resources T–Z

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Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Thomas Paine National Historical Association

United Nations International Human Rights Instruments

Universal Declaration of Human Rights See also Here you will find the most comprehensive collection of translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

U. S. Supreme Court Opinions

Selected U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

Findlaw First Amendment Annotations Expanded

 

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