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Importance Of The First Amendment

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The First Amendment was established on December 15, 1791. It was one of the ten amendments that constitutes the bill of rights. These amendments were made to the constitution to protect the people from the government having too much control over the people’s basic freedoms. The First Amendment simply states that congress shall make no laws that impede the people of the United States from freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press and freedom to peaceably assemble and freedom of petitioning for grievances. Although the first amendment was to protect the people from the government censoring their freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceably assemble and grievances however there are some exceptions. The first amendment provides

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