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AMENDMENT 1 - FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, PRESS, ASSEMBLY AND PETITION

Amendment 1 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition

Actual text of Amendment 1: 

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.