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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Quotations and Links
Quotes, Intellectual Freedom
Quotes, Notable (on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship)
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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