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Note to MCPS: 'Journalism isn’t any good if it’s not provocative and offending somebody.'

Big Sky High School educator Kim Lucostic, beside student Chanelle Paakkonen, left, says, “My students determine the content of the newspaper. I advise them.” Lucostic is opposed to proposed changes to the MCPS publications policy. Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

The First Amendment – and high school students’ rights to speak and write freely in their [...]

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First Amendment Sunday: religious freedom

Since it’s Sunday, we’ll continue our monthlong look at the First Amendment with a Q&A on our nation’s religious liberties. The Qs and the As come from 1ForAll.com, part of the nationwide campaign – of which the Missoulian is a member – to highlight the meaning and importance of the First Amendment to the U.S. [...]

Does the First Amendment apply to private businesses?

So how inclusive is our First Amendment? That’s the focus of the questions we’ll answer today as part of the Missoulian’s monthlong campaign to educate readers and advocate for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

We’re part of a nationwide effort, dubbed 1 For All, to bolster the First Amendment by making everyone aware of [...]

So what’s all this about a First Amendment?

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We’re still in an Independence Day state of mind here at the Missoulian – and we’re just getting started on a monthlong tribute to and education in the First Amendment, along with other newspapers nationwide.

So today, we’re providing the first few questions and answers in what will be an ongoing Q&A about the First [...]

Congress shall make no law …

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

This Independence Day, the Missoulian [...]