1. Chap 4 Day 3 - Aim: How are Civil Liberties Protected or Limited by the Constitution?
Do NOW- Pair/Share: “Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.”
-Benjamin Franklin
Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why?

2. Symbolic Speech 3. Symbolic Speech – Examples?
Definition: Nonverbal communication, such as burning a flag or wearing an armband
A. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)
B. Texas v. Johnson (1989) struck down law banning burning of American flag
Generally protected along with verbal speech.

3. Commercial Speech 4. Should there be restrictions?
5. Definition: Communication in the form of advertising.
6. Generally the most restricted and regulated form of speech (Fed. Trade Commission-FTC). Tampons vs. cigarettes
Regulation of the Public Airwaves
7. Broadcast stations must follow Fed. Communication Commission (FCC) rules. 8. WHY?
Gambling commercials allowed now if legal in state- courts increasingly protecting comm. speech
9. Cable / satellite has blurred the lines. WHY?

4. Freedom of Assembly
Right to Assemble- When does it conflict?
Generally permissible, but must meet reasonable local standards.
10. Balance between freedom to assemble and order in society.
11. Collins v. Smith (Nazi march in Skokie, IL)
12. Operation Rescue- anti abortion protests at clinic
Right to Associate
13. Freedom to join groups / associations without government interference.
14. NAACP v. Alabama (1958)- group didn’t have to turn over membership names to state

5. Assessment (Pair/Share)
Should all groups have to turn over names of members if government asks/demands it?
Why or why not?
Any situation that would change your mind?