Free Speech Throughout World History

Run time: 59 minutes

Jacob Mchangama, author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, and David Cole, National Legal Director of the ACLU examine free speech throughout history and around the world. Listen to We the People

How Can States & Congress Regulate Guns Under the Constitution?

Run time: 5 minutes

MSNBC's Ali Velshi and resident and CEO Jeffrey Rosen discuss how Congress and the states can regulate guns based on the 2008 Heller decision. Watch on YouTube 

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A win for 'stop and frisk'

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

"In 1963, veteran police officer Martin McFadden noticed three men behaving suspiciously outside of a jewelry store in Cleveland, Ohio. The men were pacing back and forth, repeatedly stopping to look inside the same store. ..." Read more

James Madison introduces the Bill of Rights

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

"On June 8, 1789, James Madison addressed the House of Representatives and introduced a proposed Bill of Rights to the Constitution. ..." Read more

Tuesday, June 14 

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States in 1777. Explore the role that the American flag has played in questions surrounding free speech, protests, and other First Amendment issues. 

• Football, Faith, and the First Amendment – Part 2 We the People podcast | Run time: 54 minutes 
• When the Supreme Court Ruled to Allow American Flag Burning Constitution Daily blog | Read time: 3 minutes 
• The History of Legal Challenges to the Pledge of Allegiance Constitution Daily blog | Read time: 5 minutes

The First Amendment

"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."

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