First Amendment

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted on December 15, 1791, prohibits the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Initially, the amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress, but the Supreme Court later applied it to states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The amendment has undergone significant interpretation and expansion through decades of contentious litigation, with the Supreme Court ruling on issues such as free speech, commercial speech, and prior restraint, and establishing a series of exceptions to First Amendment protections.learn more on wikipedia