What does the First Amendment to the US Constitution say?

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"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."


The First Amendment contains a number of different rights:

• Freedom of Religion (The Establishment Clause and The Free Exercise Clause)
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of the Press
• Freedom of Assembly; and
  
• Right to Petition the Government

First Amendment:

"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."

This laid out freedom of religion, of speech, of press, and of protest. It also gave the people the right to petition against the government to make them pay back for some harm they might have done.
The First Amendment protects five of the most basic liberties that we actually take for granted.


Freedom of speech
Freedom of press
Freedom to petition the government
Freedom of religion
Freedom to peacefully assemble with only minimal government regulation.

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