First Amendment to the United States Constitution

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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.

Aliases (11)

First Amendment ×6
Free Speech Clause ×5
First Amendment law ×3
First Amendment freedom of speech ×2
First Amendment rights ×2
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ×2
First Amendment Free Speech Clause ×1
First Amendment free speech ×1
First Amendment freedoms ×1
Free Press Clause ×1
The First Amendment severely limits the government’s power to enjoin publication of news by the press. ×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 → Free Press Clause → 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 → Texas v. Johnson → Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District →
hasOrderInSeries	1 →
hasShortName	First Amendment →
incorporatedThrough	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	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 (76)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brandenburg v. Ohio → Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → County of Allegheny v. ACLU → Engel v. Vitale → Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security → Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida → Lee v. Weisman → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ("Free Speech Clause") → New York Times Co. v. United States → Schenck v. United States → Sherbert v. Verner → Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division → Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → Wisconsin v. Yoder ("First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution") → Zelman v. Simmons-Harris →	constitutionalProvision
Abrams v. United States ("First Amendment") → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → City of Boerne v. Flores → Griswold v. Connecticut ("First Amendment") → Lemon v. Kurtzman → Reynolds v. United States → Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → Town of Greece v. Galloway → West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette ("First Amendment Free Speech Clause") → opinion in Texas v. Johnson →	constitutionalProvisionInterpreted
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 → Assembly Clause ("Free Speech Clause") → Establishment Clause ("First Amendment") → No Religious Test Clause → Pentagon Papers → Petition Clause ("Free Speech Clause") → Religious Freedom Restoration Act → Sedition Act of 1918 →	relatedTo
Cantwell v. Connecticut → Cantwell v. Connecticut ("Free Speech Clause") → Frohwerk v. United States → Murdock v. Pennsylvania →	constitutionalProvisionInvolved
Abrams v. United States ("First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution") → Brandenburg v. Ohio ("First Amendment freedom of speech") → Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ("First Amendment free speech") → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ("First Amendment freedom of speech") →	legalIssue
Assembly Clause → Establishment Clause → Free Exercise Clause → Petition Clause →	partOf
Free Exercise Clause ("First Amendment rights") → Petition Clause →	category
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Free Speech Clause") → First Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Free Press Clause") →	containsClause
American Civil Liberties Union ("First Amendment rights") → Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review ("First Amendment") →	focusesOn
Employment Division v. Smith → Gitlow v. New York →	hasConstitutionalProvision
Virginia Declaration of Rights → Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom →	influenced
Debs v. United States → West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette →	legalSubject
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ("First Amendment law") →	areaOfLaw
Everson v. Board of Education →	arguedUnder
Van Orden v. Perry →	challengedUnder
Cutter v. Wilkinson →	concernsTopic
Smith Act →	constitutionalIssue
Colorado Department of State v. Baca →	constitutionalProvisionInvoked
Bill of Rights →	containsAmendment
First Amendment Clinic ("First Amendment law") →	field
Employment Division v. Smith ("First Amendment law") →	hasAreaOfLaw
United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court ("First Amendment freedoms") →	hasNotableTheme
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ("First Amendment") →	hasShortName
New York Times Co. v. United States ("The First Amendment severely limits the government’s power to enjoin publication of news by the press.") →	holding
Alfred Leo Smith →	implicatedConstitutionalProvision
United States constitutional amendments →	includes
Freedom of Expression ("First Amendment") →	mainSubject
First United States Congress →	proposedAmendment
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution →	ratifiedWith
Cantwell v. Connecticut →	subject