Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech<span>. The </span>U.S.<span> Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected </span>speech<span>. ... The First Amendment </span>states<span>, in relevant part, that: “Congress shall make no law...abridging </span>freedom of speech<span>.”</span>
The <u>First Amendment of the United States Constitution states</u> that "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press [...]."
However, one should not misunderstood this amendment: there are certain categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment and the speaker's freedom will depend on where he is, what he says and how he says it. These categories include fraud, threats, obsenity, speeches that incite lawless action or illegal conduct or that violate intellectual property law, among others.
