Freedom of speech in the United state

I present a group presentation about "Freedom of Speech” today. What is freedom of speach? "freedom of speech" may not appear in China.The roght to think and say what we want without interference from the government.


After I present, I knew the United State is not unprotected every speech.There are three type of speech dictated under first amendment: fully speech, limited protected speech and unprotected speech.
Fully protected speech is speech that the government cannot stop or even put regulations on. For example, political speech falls under this category. The government should not be able to pass any laws forbidding citizens to citizen current administrations.

The second is Limited Protected Speech: Offensive speech only received limited protection in the fact the government cannot stop or forbid the speech, but the government can put limits on the times, places and ways in which it occurs. For example, the law can dictate when offensive language is allowed or not allowed on TV, reserving more offensive speech for when young children would less likely to be exposed to it. Commercial speech or advertising is now limited in that the law declares that promises and claims made about products and services be true. This would explain why you see very tiny print or hear someone speaking terms and conditions quickly at the end of an advertisement.

The third is Unprotected Speech. Some speech although not forbidden by law is not protected at all by the first amendment. Speech that incites danger such as yelling "bomb" when there is no bomb or similarly "help" or "fire" when is not applicable falls under this category. Words that are meant to provoke a normal person to physically fight are not OK. That type of speech includes threats of bodily, financial or emotional harm. Any type of speech that provokes or is intended to overthrow the government is unprotected. Child porn is definitely not a protected form of speech, symbolism or literature. Obscene speech includes anything that is considered awful by a majority of society, including racist commentary and speech that depicts sexual acts which violate local or state laws. The challenge is that although the Bill of Rights protects the ability to speak one's mind, state governments are free to interpret what obscene speech means in that state.