As Americans, we have certain rights granted to us by the Constitution. Among these rights are freedom of speech, freedom of press, and freedom to religion. These freedoms are listed in the first amendment of the Constitution. The Constitution may say that we have these certain freedoms but we actually are only "free" to do very little. The United States does not have unlimited freedom of expression due to many restrictions by our government. .
America's right to freedom of religion is very broad. The Establishment Clause is in Thomas Jefferson's eyes, "a wall of separation between church and state." The church and government is constitutionally separated in the United States. If this is true then why does a dollar bill say, "In God we trust."? The Amish believe in a life apart from the world we live in. The Supreme Court says that Amish children do not have to attend public school pass the eighth grade. .
The Constitution also guarantees the right to freedom of assembly and petition. The Due Process Clause protects these rights. It protects Americans their right to organize, as in political parties and pressure groups, to influence pubic policy. The government makes riles covering the times, place and manner of assemblies. The rules say that the meeting has to be peaceful and if a riot does break out then the police have the right to stop it. The Right of Assembly on private property says that no person has a constitutional right to do such things as hand out political leaflets or ask people to sign petitions in those places but they do allow you to have peaceful political activities on their property. .
Freedom of speech is a guarantee to each person a right of free expression in the spoken and written word, and by all other means of communication. The constitution guarantees this right but they also say that you can't say the word bomb in an airport. Many restrictions are on these rights.
