The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. It prohibits the federal legislature from making laws that establish a state religion or prefer a certain religion (the "Establishment Clause"), prohibit free exercise of religion (the "Free Exercise Clause"), infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to assemble peaceably, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievance.
Having said all this, I would refer you to a previous Post here about a blogger from ketucky: In this case the Judge refused to dismiss the charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
This led to an interesting question posed by Digital Nomad:
http://sovereign-rights.blogspot.com/2007/04/would-you-risk-prison-for-blogging.html
Should we have to risk imprisonment for stating our views about Policies, politics and our Elected Official? Is this a direct violation of our First Amendment Rights? What do you think and what is the fuss all about anyway?
Apr 4, 2007
Bill of No Rights?
Jan 9, 2007
Defeating the Bill of Rights
Bush's Lone Victory
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
George Orwell warned us, but what American would have expected that in the opening years of the 21st century the United States would become a country in which lies and deception by the President and Vice President were the basis for a foreign policy of war and aggression, and in which indefinite detention without charges, torture, and spying on citizens without warrants have displaced the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution?
If anyone had predicted that the election of George W. Bush to the presidency would result in an American police state and illegal wars of aggression, he would have been dismissed as a lunatic.Once we cut down civil liberty so that police may better pursue criminals and terrorists, where do we stand when government turns on us?
It appears, more and more, that WE are the Terrorists!
