First Amendment to the United States Constitution

E5189

constitutional amendment legal document

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a foundational provision in the Bill of Rights that protects freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition from government interference.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
First Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	122
First Amendment	24
First Amendment law	12
Free Speech Clause	6
First Amendment rights	4
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	4
First Amendment free speech	2
First Amendment freedom of speech	2
First Amendment Free Speech Clause	1
First Amendment free speech clause	1
First Amendment freedom of assembly	1
First Amendment freedom of expression	1
First Amendment freedoms	1
First Amendment freedoms of speech and press	1
First Amendment of the United States Constitution	1
Free Press Clause	1
The First Amendment freedom of the press is applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment	1
The First Amendment limits the power of courts to punish out-of-court publications as contempt.	1
The First Amendment severely limits the government’s power to enjoin publication of news by the press.	1
U.S. Const. amend. I	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional amendment ⓘ legal document ⓘ
adoptedOn	1791-12-15 ⓘ
appliedToStatesBy	Incorporation doctrine ⓘ
appliesTo	local governments in the United States ⓘ state governments of the United States ⓘ
authoredBy	James Madison ⓘ
containsClause	Assembly Clause ⓘ Establishment Clause ⓘ Free Exercise Clause ⓘ First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Free Press Clause First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Free Speech Clause Petition Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
guaranteesRight	freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ right to petition the government ⓘ
hasLandmarkCase	Brandenburg v. Ohio ⓘ Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ Engel v. Vitale ⓘ Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ Schenck v. United States ⓘ opinion in Texas v. Johnson ⓘ surface form: Texas v. Johnson Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ
hasOrderInSeries	1 ⓘ
hasShortName	First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Amendment
incorporatedThrough	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
isIn	Article I of the Bill of Rights sequence ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
limits	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
partOf	Bill of Rights ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits	laws abridging the freedom of speech ⓘ laws abridging the freedom of the press ⓘ laws abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble ⓘ laws abridging the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances ⓘ laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion ⓘ laws respecting an establishment of religion ⓘ
proposedBy	First United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1789-09-25 ⓘ
protects	expressive conduct ⓘ peaceable assembly ⓘ petitioning for redress of grievances ⓘ political speech ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1791-12-15 ⓘ

Referenced by (188)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free Exercise Clause → partOf → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Free Exercise Clause → category → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment rights

American Civil Liberties Union → focusesOn → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment rights

First Amendment to the United States Constitution → containsClause → First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Speech Clause

First Amendment to the United States Constitution → containsClause → First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Press Clause

First Amendment to the United States Constitution → hasShortName → First Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment

Establishment Clause → partOf → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Establishment Clause → relatedTo → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment

Reynolds v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Wisconsin v. Yoder → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → legalIssue → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment freedom of speech

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Speech Clause

Religious Freedom Restoration Act → relatedTo → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review → focusesOn → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment

Bill of Rights → containsAmendment → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Sherbert v. Verner → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Cantwell v. Connecticut → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Speech Clause

Employment Division v. Smith → hasConstitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Employment Division v. Smith → hasAreaOfLaw → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment law

Gitlow v. New York → hasConstitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

First United States Congress → proposedAmendment → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Virginia Declaration of Rights → influenced → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Pentagon Papers → relatedTo → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom → influenced → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Assembly Clause → partOf → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Assembly Clause → relatedTo → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Speech Clause

Petition Clause → partOf → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Petition Clause → relatedTo → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Free Speech Clause

Petition Clause → category → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Schenck v. United States → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

New York Times Co. v. United States → holding → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: The First Amendment severely limits the government’s power to enjoin publication of news by the press.

New York Times Co. v. United States → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → legalIssue → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment free speech

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Brandenburg v. Ohio → legalIssue → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment freedom of speech

Brandenburg v. Ohio → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Engel v. Vitale → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Everson v. Board of Education → arguedUnder → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Lee v. Weisman → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → constitutionalProvision → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Colorado Department of State v. Baca → constitutionalProvisionInvoked → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ