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First Amendment Resources

“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.”

-First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791.

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