 First Amendment
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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 makes the United States unique among nations by withdrawing
from all government the power to dictate what people must feel or believe, how they
may worship, what they may say, to whom they may say it, with whom they may mingle,
and what they may demand of their government. The power to dictate or control these
things is the power to enslave a nation. By freeing the people from government shackles
over these fundamental rights of expression, the First Amendment confirms the political
theory of the Framers that sovereignty lies in the people not the government."
The Evolving Constitution, Jethro K. Lieberman
