campaigns, elections, and the law
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

First Amendment
type: Concept
broader: issues and controversies
broader: political communications
broader: law and regulation
broader: sentencing policy and legislation
broader: constitutional rights and issues
broader: political parties and interest groups
broader: campaigns, elections, and the law
broader: law and policy
definition: The Bill of Rights (1791), which comprises the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, became effective two years after the Constitution itself was ratified in 1789. This document prohibits the government from infringing certain rights of the people relating to religion, speech, the press, public assembly, gun ownership, searches and seizures, due process, and criminal proceedings. [Source: Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law; First Amendment]
narrower: freedom to petition

issues and controversies
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

political communications
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

law and regulation
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

sentencing policy and legislation
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

constitutional rights and issues
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

political parties and interest groups
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

law and policy
type: Concept
narrower: First Amendment

freedom to petition
type: Concept
broader: First Amendment

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: First Amendment