Main Entry:
civil liberty
Function:
noun
Date:
1644
: freedom from arbitrary governmental interference (as with the right of free speech) specifically by denial of governmental power and in the United States especially as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights —usually used in plural
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Which is the most important freedom
What is this?
Civil Liberties Lab is a course of challenges to promote the general welfare, stretch your civic life, and enlarge your experience. The world is your laboratory
What do I need?
Desire
Time
A digital camera to record your labs
A blog to post your laboratory work on
How do I do this?
Be creative. Use whatever resources you have: pen and paper, audio recorder, still digital camera, or video camera to document your response to each lab.
How many labs do we do?
Mr. Milner's classes are going to complete any four of the civil liberty labs.
How do I post my blog to The Civil Liberties Lab?
After you create your blog, e-mail your blog address to milnerj@uncsa.edu and we'll put your blog right up on Commonweal. Please type CIVIL LIBERTIES into the e-mail subject line and make sure to include all of the names of your team members in the e-mail.
What do I do after I complete a lab?
You are going to make a blog, wiki, or flash web site where you will record the results of your labs. It's pretty easy to do.
I recommend using blogspot to make a free blog, wix to make a free flash web site, or wetpaint to make a free wiki. After you've done all of your labs and posted them on the web, send a link of your site to milnerj@uncsa.edu and we'll share all your work on our blogroll here at Civil Liberty Lab.
The particular evil of silencing the expression of opinion, is that it is robbing the human race…If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth; if wrong, they lose what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
John Stuart Mill from Essay on Liberty (1859)
Warning
The freedoms of the First Amendment protect you, but they also protect other folks that you may strongly disagree with.
Some people take their freedoms to the extreme and many of the things they say and do may upset you. But remember, if they lose their rights, so do you. Please proceed with an open mind.
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