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freedom of speech
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Noun1.freedom of speech - a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution
civil right - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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The court referenced a prior decision and held that "a student may be disciplined for expressive conduct, even conduct occurring off school grounds, when this conduct 'would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the school environment,' at least when it was similarly foreseeable that the off-campus expression might also reach campus" (see sidebar).
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With regard to speech and expressive conduct engaged in by public employees, the proper formulation under the First Amendment historically has been to apply a balancing test: balancing the interests of a public employee as a citizen in commenting on matters of public concern against the interests of the government as an employer.
Speech and the public employee by Baker, Lisa / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
The measure's concluding section specifically states: "Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.
House rebuffs claims of Religious Right in hate-crimes vote by Church & State
 
 
 
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