The First Amendment in 21st Century America

FAIN: ES-288047-22

Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement (Philadelphia, PA 19102-3814)
Bruce Allen Murphy (Project Director: February 2022 to March 2025)

A one-week, Level II residential institute for 35 K-12 social studies educators on the evolution of the First Amendment at the National Constitution Center.

We are proposing a one-week, Level II, intensive institute for 35 K-12 social studies teachers, particularly those focused on U.S. Government and History, to study the ”The First Amendment in 21st Century America” during the period July 22-29, 2023. Throughout the institute, we will examine how the Constitutional Framers’ vision of First Amendment protections for Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, and Thought have evolved because of the interpretations of generations of Supreme Court justices, and how they are now being changed in the 21st century by the Roberts Court.