The First Amendment Rocks!

Hola, bonjour, guten tag, aloha, shalom, and hello! My name’s Kelsey and most people call me Kelsey. No interesting nicknames here. (Aside from the occasional “Butthead” from my older brother.) I’m a junior women’s studies major here at BGSU, with minors in sociology and journalism. I’m from the Massillon, Ohio area. I have experience in a […]

Hello everyone, My name is Teddie Livingston from Steubenville, Oh. I am currently entering my third year at BGSU, majoring in Broadcast Journalism. Pushing for to fulfill my life dream of owning my own talk show. I come from a small city and a small family but everyone is really close with one another. I am the […]

My name is Sarah Bailey. I’m a junior and print journalism major, hoping to one day write for a magazine. I’m originally from Loveland, OH, and this summer I interned at the Cincinnati Enquirer. During my internship, I was able to write a couple local news stories and some feature pieces for Our Town Magazine. It was a […]

Let’s analyze Citizens United v. FEC, an important case discussed in the first chapter of our text. You can find the opinion here. (Hint: when reading the case, don’t start with the “syllabus” – go to the “opinion.”) Here are the key elements: 1. Facts of case Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization, made a […]

Have you heard about the new Missouri law that bans teachers from contacting students via Facebook or other social media sites? According to a Fox News story from Aug. 2: A controversial new law in Missouri designed to protect students from sexual misconduct bans direct contact between educators and students on social networking websites, but […]

All semester long, we’ll be studying the First Amendment, so let’s get to know it a bit. These 45 words are arguably some of the most important in the Constitution. Here’s the text: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, […]