The First Amendment protects speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition — each tested through distinct doctrinal frameworks. These articles cover the content-based vs. content-neutral analysis for speech, the Establishment Clause (Lemon, endorsement, coercion), Free Exercise (Smith, Hosanna-Tabor), and the time-place-manner regulation rules.
Master First Amendment analysis for the bar exam. Learn content-based vs. content-neutral analysis, unprotected speech categories, Establishment and Free Exercise Clause tests, and key cases.