MC 2010 Chapter : The First Amendment
Document Summary
Libel, privacy and a few other legal issues. A two-tiered political agreement: all authority, whether to exercise control or determine common action, belongs to the people. To effectively govern themselves, they must have access to a free flow of accurate information. The first tier means that as americans we govern ourselves. In our republic, we citizens delegate that responsibility to our elected officials -- members of congress, members of the louisiana legislature, the city council and the school board. Through the ballot box we give these representative the right to act on our behalf. And through the ballot box, we can remove them from office if we disagree with their actions. The first tier depends on the second to effectively exercise that control or take that common action, we the people must have access to a free flow of accurate information.
