The Atlanta Lawyer August/September 2015 | Page 38

SLIP Student Essays
Elonis v. United States
By Pooja Mehta
Milton High School, Interned with Fried &
Bonder

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he Constitution of America was written to protect democracy from autocracy. However, the Bill of Rights
was written to protect the rights of man from infringement by the government. One of the most important amendments, especially in today’s technologically connected
world, is the First Amendment; it protects freedom of speech
and freedom of press but, it does not grant a person the right
to threaten others.

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