First Amendment Center [pdf]
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
Developed in conjunction with Vanderbilt
University, this site features
excellent research coverage of key First
Amendment issues and topics; along
with a library of related materials and analyses
provided by legal
specialists who deal with the five freedoms
guaranteed by the First
Amendment. The research materials available here
are organized
(appropriately enough) under the freedoms
articulated by the First
Amendment, including speech, press, religious
liberty, assembly and
petition. Within each of these broad thematic
areas, there are a number of
subtopics, such as free speech on public college
campuses, workplace
religious liberty, blue laws, and the rights of
prisoners. One particularly
nice feature is the inclusion of the "State of
the First Amendment" survey
reports, which have been conducted since 1997.
Within this section, visitors
can view the entire report, and also take a look
at additional documents
archived here, such as the 2002 report
on "Comedy and Freedom of Speech."
This site will certainly be of great interest to
legal scholars, or those
with an incipient interest in issues surrounding
the First Amendment.