First Amendment Rights, Right to Free Speech (1st Amendment), Like the Fourth Amendment, the First Amendment could have an entire library filled with books about the Rights that stem from the First Amendment. A common one in criminal defense (and some civil cases) is your Right to Free Speech. Our society values the input of ideas from everyone, and protects all speech unless it is deemed of so low social quality that it is not protected. There are a number of types of speech that are not protected, but probably the most common type of unprotected speech is “Fighting Words.” Read More -