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The Constitution: The First Amendment

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Use this guide as a pathfinder to sources about the First Amendment.

Amendment I
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.

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Scene at the signing of the Constitution