The First Amendment clearly prohibits any restrictions on the freedom of speech.

1. The First Amendment clearly prohibits any restrictions on the freedom of speech. Does this mean that in the U.S. we have absolute freedom of speech? Identify the courts’ rules to regulate the following types of speech: obscenities, symbolic speech, and libel/slander. Write about the specific rules/tests/standards/definitions that the Supreme Court has issued to identify what’s permissible and what is not permissible to say in regards to obscenities, symbolic speech, and libel/slander. Applying Supreme Court’s rules to cases:If one person protests the US foreign policy by burning a US flag (that they purchased with their own money) while another person burns the military draft card (that they received from the government), the two actions will be treated differently by the government. Which of these two actions is protected by the 1st Amendment’s free speech and which one is not? Explain why. If the local high school’s anatomy book contains an image of a naked person, can the community sue the school district for spreading obscenities? Explain your answer. Refer to the specific rules issued by the US Supreme Court regulating obscenities. Back in 2009, businessman Trump used to spread lies that President Obama was not born in the United States. If former President Obama decided to sue former President Trump for libel (written defamation) what would President Obama’s lawyers have had to prove in court to win the case against another former President? Why do you think President Obama never sued President Trump for libel? To answer the questions, I recommend reviewing my PowerPoints slides and reading the assigned chapter. Online research is fine, but do not substitute it for reading the assigned textbook chapter and reviewing my PowerPoint slides. When answering the questions, please remember to use paragraphs to separate answers to different questions. Follow the rules of grammar and punctuation.Search entries or author2. Civil Rights Discussion Forum (required).Describe the history of how abortion became an area of Supreme Court jurisprudence. What legal decisions and concepts were central to the case of Roe v. Wade (1973)? How is the case Grisworld v. Connecticut connected to Roe v. Wade? Which constitutional amendments are lawyers most likely to refer to when arguing in favor of the abortion right? Mention at least two amendments and explain how they can be interpreted to be applicable to the case Roe v. Wade. Summarize the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. What are some examples of restrictions on abortion that have been upheld since the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe? Why do you think the federal government got involved in the issue of abortion? required book:James Q. Wilson, Jr. John J. DiIulio, Meena Bose, Matthew S. Levendusky American Government. Essentials Edition: Institutions and Policies. Cengage Learning. 16th edition. ISBN: 9781337568395