In the United States, the First Amendment guarantees five rights: religion, petition, speech, press, and assembly. It establishes that people living in the United States can express their opinion without government interference and penalization. Contextualizing the current political climate, what does this mean for American citizens? Are these rights applied or does support for assembly vary depending on the stance of the message? It’s important to ask whether we support the right to protest...

Henry Alford was accused of murder and was facing the death penalty at trial . Despite maintaining his innocence, in order to avoid the...