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* known collectively as the "Bill of Rights" (BOR) | * known collectively as the "Bill of Rights" (BOR) | ||
* BOR protects certain individual rights from "infringement" by the federal government | * BOR protects certain individual rights from "infringement" by the federal government | ||
* the BOR does not establish those rights, it protects rights that already exist | * the BOR does not establish those rights, it protects rights that already exist | ||
* instead, it prohibits the government from violating those rights | |||
Issues, problems & limits: | Issues, problems & limits: | ||
* as originally enacted and interpreted by the Courts, the BOR did not apply to the states | * as originally enacted and interpreted by the Courts, the BOR did not apply to the states | ||
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'''{{#tip-text:[Amendment 1 overview]|First Amendment | '''{{#tip-text:[Amendment 1 overview]|First Amendment | ||
* = | * the essential 1st Amendment protection is of individual belief and expression | ||
* while these rights are protected they are not absolute | ** = speech, religion, press, assembly & petition | ||
* i.e., there are exceptions to when | * while these rights are protected from government infringement, they are not absolute (not 100% protected) | ||
* i.e., there are exceptions to when government can infringe upon them | |||
* as per the above, those exceptions are generally related to the public safety or interest}}''' | * as per the above, those exceptions are generally related to the public safety or interest}}''' | ||