The First Amendment in the 21st Century: From the Village Green to the Village Screen

As First Amendment freedoms developed from philosophical concepts to constitutional rights to core American values, the extent, range and very need for protecting its five freedoms have been at issue. From colonial times when people gathered in village greens to exercise these freedoms to today's digital village screens, trace the chronological but winding and branching path through the social and legal development of the First Amendment. See how we got here, where we stand and where we’re headed as First Amendment challenges present themselves in the courtroom and the chat room.