Hate Speech and Hate Crimes

 1. The assignment is based upon reading of the following: – First Amendment of the US Constitution – Fourteenth Amendment of US Constitution – 18 U.S. 249- The Matthews Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crime Prevention Act – The legacy of Hate Crimes in American History, Pezzella – Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire 315 U.S. 568 (1942) – RAV v. City of St. Paul Minnesota – Wisconsin v. Mitchell – Virginia v. Black – Aprendi v. New Jersey Upon completion of these reading, you are required to write a two-page response paper.