polictical participation

Forms of political participation:

• Voting 

• Campaign participation

  • Attending campaign events, contributing to campaigns, volunteering for campaigns, organizing campaign events

    • Protected by: freedome of speech and freedom of association

• Collective action

  • Participating in protests, demopnstations, and strikes

    • Protected by:  freedom of speech and freedom of assembly

• Contacting governments and petitioning

  • Contacting elected officials, signing or organizing petitions

    • Protected by:   freedom of speech and freedom of petition

• Political expression and advocacy

  • Publicly supporting or opposing candidates on social media, working for political organizations 

    • Protected by: freedom of speech and freedom of asssociation

What forms of political participation is this:

• Attending campaign events, contributing to campaigns, volunteering for campaigns, organizing campaign events

  • Protected by: freedome of speech and freedom of association

Campagin participation

What forms of political participation is this:

• participating in protests, demopnstations, and strikes

  • Protected by:  freedom of speech and freedom of assembly

collective action

What forms of political participation is this:

• Contacting elected officials, signing or organizing petitions

  • Protected by:   freedom of speech and freedom of petition

Contacting governments and petitioning

What forms of political participation is this:

• Publicly supporting or opposing candidates on social media, working for political organizations 

  • Protected by: freedom of speech and freedom of asssociation

Political expression and advocacy

What laws protects these rights of political participation?

• Voting 

• Campagin participation

• Collective action

• Contacting governments and petitioning

• Political expression and advocacy

• First amendment to the US constitution (1791)

  •  “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."

    • Assemble: gathering for political events and protests

    • Petetion: asking the government to address grievances

    • Speech: expressing political opioins

    • + freedom of association

      • Joining political parties and organizations

    • The Supreme Court interpret the First Amendment's protections of freedom
      of speech, assembly, and petition to include the right to associate with
      others for political and expressive purposes

what is a gathering for political events and protests

assemble

What is asking the government to address grievances

petetion

what is expressing political opioins

speech

Question: Does the First Amendment give people the right to protest anywhere, at any time, and in any manner?

“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.”

Forms of political participation:

• Protest

  • An organized public demonstration where people gather to express disapproval, support or demand change regarding  a law policy or issue

    • Us constitution first amendment

      • Freedome of speech and peacanly assembly 

• Protest→ riot (behavior)

• riot—> insurection (purpose)

• Riot:

  • A violent, chaotic, and unlawful public disturbance involving a group of people 

    • Us federal law, anti-riot act (1968)

      • Insurrection:

        • An organized revolt, rebellion, or uprising against an established government, governing authority, or the rule of law 

          • Example of this january 6th storming the capitol

            • Claimed Presidential election results were stolen

            • Trump claimed “election was stolen”

            • Spontaneous actions 

            • They wanted to overturn election results

What is

An organized public demonstration where people gather to express disapproval, support or demand change regarding  a law policy or issue

• Us constitution first amendment

  • Freedome of speech and peacanly assembly 

protest

What is

•  violent, chaotic, and unlawful public disturbance involving a group of people 

  • Us federal law, anti-riot act (1968)

    • Insurrection:

      • An organized revolt, rebellion, or uprising against an established government, governing authority, or the rule of law 

        • Example of this january 6th storming the capitol

          • Claimed Presidential election results were stolen

          • Trump claimed “election was stolen”

          • Spontaneous actions 

          • They wanted to overturn election results 

riot

What is

• An organized revolt, rebellion, or uprising against an established government, governing authority, or the rule of law 

  • Example of this january 6th storming the capitol

    • Claimed Presidential election results were stolen

    • Trump claimed “election was stolen”

    • Spontaneous actions 

    • They wanted to overturn election results 

insurrection