Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
Preferred term
freedom of assembly
Definition
- The right of individuals to peaceably assemble for lawful purposes. Although the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of assembly, it was not until 1876 that the Supreme Court first ruled that freedom of assembly was a privilege of national citizenship. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Freedom of Assembly]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/freedom_of_assembly
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