Censorship And The First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right To Free Speech

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that are fighting to change the
freedom of expression, the right to freely represent individual thoughts,
feelings, and views, in order to protect their families as well as others.
These groups, religious or otherwise, believe that publishing unorthodox
material is an abuse of free expression under the First Amendment. As we
will come to find, our Supreme Court system plays an exceedingly important
role in the subject of free speech and expression. As well as,
understanding that the court system is the nucleus of the construing our
First Amendment rights.
First we must focus on the motivation and foundations behind these
individuals attempting to challenge the right to free speech. There are
various reasons given for censorship: in a classroom or library they may
restrict or ban a book or other learning resource because it includes
social, political, or religious views believed to be inappropriate or
threatening. A movie or television program may be considered violent, ...

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and else where in
the community. These individuals are concerned with indecent or improper
material in their communities.
Shifting to the opposite view on this topic, there are those
individuals that oppose the power to censor. There are members of society
that believe in the freedom to speak publicly and to publish. This is a
basic belief in the freedom of expression and is to be protected by the
First Amendment to the Constitution. On the eve of the bicentennial of the
Bill of Rights, the first wave of a nationwide survey, comprising more than
1,500 citizens was conducted. Through this survey it was found that
Americans rate free speech as their second most precious First ...

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