RESEARCH SUBJECT #57632

Events
The First Amendment
Constitutional provision. Ratified 1791.
RESEARCH NOTES
The first article of the Bill of Rights, protecting freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition from abridgment by Congress, ratified in 1791. It is invoked in comment sections considerably more often than in court.
Would You Goon?
0 = ABSOLUTELY NOT · 10 = UNCONDITIONALLY
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