Understanding the First Amendment

People who know about the First Amendment are most likely to think of freedom of speech in connection with it. They may be unaware either of its provisions with respect to religion or that those provisions actuallyprecedethe ones regarding speech and press. In its entirety the amendment reads: “Cong...

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Published inReligious Expression and the American Constitution p. 11
Main Author Haiman, Franklyn S
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Michigan State University Press 31.10.2003
Subjects
Applied sociology
Behavioral sciences
Bill of Rights
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional rights
Establishment clause
Federal law
First Amendment
Freedom of speech
Governance
Government
Government officials
Judges
Judicial officers
Jurisprudence
Law
Legal rights
Natural law
Philosophy of law
Political science
Religion
Religious laws
Sociology
Sociology of religion
Supreme Court justices
Tax benefits
Tax exemptions
Taxation
United States Constitution
United States constitutional law
United States federal law
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Summary:People who know about the First Amendment are most likely to think of freedom of speech in connection with it. They may be unaware either of its provisions with respect to religion or that those provisions actuallyprecedethe ones regarding speech and press. In its entirety the amendment reads: “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 of the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The order in which the
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