The Purpose Of The First Amendment

What is the First Amendment? The First Amendment is the first official change to the Constitution of the United States of America. It protects your basic rights such as the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of press, and freedom to petition.
Before the Constitution was signed, each new states’ representatives agreed that if they sign it a section would be added to protect citizens’ basic rights. These first ten changes are called the Bill of Rights, each of the amendments focuses on a different category of rights. The purpose of the First Amendment is to guarantee your basic rights. According to law.cornell.edu the First Amendment forbids for congress to promote one religion over another. This is important because, the everyone has a freedom to practice any religion they wish or no religion at all.The First Amendment is also important because it also guarantees the freedom of press, speech, assembly and to petition. The First Amendment states,”Congress shall make no law... or the right of the people peaceably to
In her case, Weisman cited the First Amendment's clause against the state establishing any religion.” This example shows shows that without the clause in the First Amendment talking about your freedom of religion religious people could be mistreated because of their beliefs or their faith. Another example from the First Amendment is “Congress shall make no law… or abridging the freedom of speech…” This means that you can say anything you want without censorship or restraint. It is important because everyone should have the right to express themselves freely without someone interfering. Overall, the freedom of speech and freedom of religion are important to today's