The Importance Of The First Amendment

The first Amendment to the United States Constitution states that Congress should make not laws against free speech. The first Amendment states that Congress will make no law "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." There are many ways in with the law, and people restrict those right. The right of freedom of speech is the most important and fundamental part of a free democracy. The first Amendment of the U.S Constitution allows people to state their opinions without fear. But over the years people have found ways to restrict those rights. Examples of these restrictions are, hate speech, sexual harassment, speech code, books that teach how to create bombs and censorship in schools. I personally had never viewed the first Amendment
For instance, Dr. Martin Luther King was blocked from giving speeches by the government many times. The government was also linked to the killing of Dr. King. Nevertheless, Dr. King speech was not hateful speech, but it was perceived as damaging to the government and the white supremacist.

Sexual Harassment is a type freedom of expression that is not protected by the First Amendment. Sexual harassment is all about perspective, if is view as damaging it to the person receiving the “complement,” it could bring many problems to the person saying it. Sexual harassment sued does not consider the intentions or rationale if the individual receiving the speech thing is damaging the person saying it would have problems.
Moreover, another form of restriction is speech code. For instance, Berkeley University was in the news recently because student stops a speaker for giving a speech that they didn't like what his ideology. As well as the professor fire for not having censorship in their classrooms. Another thing that is restricted is book and publication like the Vietnam paper that were the Pentagon fought to stop the