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- Freedom to establish a religion or practice a religion. (This means that the government cannot establish one official religion.)
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of press (i.e. publishing of news and opinions)
- Freedom to assemble (i.e. protest)
- Freedom to petition the government for redress of greivances
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Here is the actual text of the 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."
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe first amendment protected freedom of speech, freedom of petition, freedom of press, freedom of religion. Almost everything that you wanted to be free besides something completely senile to the government.
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∙ 8y agoFreedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of press
Symbolic speech such as signs and demonstrations
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∙ 13y agofreedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of press, right to petition the government, freedom of religion
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∙ 12y agoFreedom of speech and religion. You can think and believe what you want basically.
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∙ 8y agoBurning the U.S. flag:
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Lobbying is protected under what amendment?
The First Amendment of the federal constitution and similar protections in state constitutions.
How does the first amendment phrase its protections of the first amendment?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" Apex :)
What protections are guaranteed to the people by the First Amendment to the US Constitution?
gives us the freedom of speech
How was the due process protections provided in the Bill of Rights later extended?
The Fourteenth Amendment gave state governments the same restrictions as the federal government.
What personal protections are received from the US Constitution?
The fifteenth amendment provided the right to vote shall not be denied on the basis of race,color or previous condition of servitude.
What are the protections under the first amendment?
Freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of pressSymbolic speech such as signs and demonstrations
What is 14 amendment?
It gave citizenship and the rights and protections of a citizen to African Americans.
What protections are guaranteed to the people by the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution?
imcome taxes
What was the significance of Hermandez v Texas?
It extended the fourteenth amendment protections to mexican americans
What are the protections afforded fourteenth amendment?
It contains the "due process", "equal protection" and "citizenship" clauses.
How does of first amendment phrase its protections of religion?
The first clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states:(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
How does the first amendment phrase its protections its religion?
The first clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states:(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
