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First Amendment

Summary

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution addresses religion, expression, assembly, and petition rights.

Verified Facts

• Amendment I states: "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."
• Cornell LII describes the amendment as guaranteeing freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition.
• CASE-RENO-V-ACLU is an OIR seed case record tagged with First Amendment and internet governance topics.

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Legal Analysis

Legal analysis has not yet been drafted. Future work should distinguish constitutional text, Supreme Court doctrine, and commentary.

Relationships

• TOPIC-FIRST-AMENDMENT cites SRC-US-CONST-AMEND-I-LII.
• TOPIC-FIRST-AMENDMENT related_to CASE-RENO-V-ACLU.
• TOPIC-FIRST-AMENDMENT related_to TOPIC-CODE-AS-SPEECH.

Sources

• SRC-US-CONST-AMEND-I-LII: U.S. Constitution First Amendment (Cornell LII).
• SRC-RENO-V-ACLU-JUSTIA: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997).

Research Debt

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