To begin our study of the "freedom of speech" and "free exercise " of religion clauses in the First Amendment , I placed the amendment's exact language on the board and defined the term "abridge" as to reduce or to deprive. I then discussed the expansive legal definition of speech as including symbolic speech and the right not to speak at all. I further noted how the First Amendment now applies to the states under the 14th Amendment (a concept we will later study in detail). We then discussed the 322 free speech case argued in the US Supreme Court on Monday and exchanged ideas on whether the Colorado anti-discrimination law can be considered an abridgment of "free speech." HW- write argumentative essay on the 322 case based on NY Times article I distributed and text reading.