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1st Amendment | What is the First Amendment?

The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights protects freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly.

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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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