The First Amendment
This amendment basically is regarding religion. Although the US has had many Supreme Court cases challenging rules pertaining to religion, the decisions have only made it better not cured the problems. However, the US will probably never be as bad as other countries.
In 1992 Deborah Weisman did not like that her Public School graduation required her to say a prayer, this led to Supreme Court case Lee V. Weisman. Deborah won.
This amendment also protects your right to speak openly about what you think and feel. You can do most anything so long as it is just words and not harmful actions.
In the Supreme Court case Tinker V. De moise, a couple of school kids got in trouble for wearing black arm bands to school to protest the Vietnam War. The kids and there parents won the case.
This also means that Congress can’t make any law that denies freedom of press.
Whether or not Banning Books is constitutional has been questioned many times. It is still an iffy-case because some people like it while others believe it violates our freedom of press.
