The original text of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

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The Constitution Annotated essays discussing the First Amendment begin with the Religion Clauses, reviewing the history of these Clauses before explaining, in turn, the Supreme Court’s interpretation …

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Jan 7, 2016 · The First Amendment protects many activities, such as communication, assembly, and worship, that are not solely personal but may be based on communities and relationships of all kinds …

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 …

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 …

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise the reof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people …

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 …

Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Other Rights Amdt14.1 Overview of Fourteenth Amendment, Equal Protection and Rights of Citizens Amdt14.2 State Action Doctrine Section 1 …