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  2. First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress 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.

  3. Freedom of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution addresses the issue of religion in two places: in the First Amendment, and the Article VI prohibition on religious tests as a condition for holding public office. The First Amendment prohibits the Congress from making a law "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) Communications Workers of America v. Beck (1978) Chicago Local Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986) Keller v. State Bar of California (1990) Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n ...

  5. Americans' faith in First Amendment is waning. Could it ... - AOL

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    Findings from the Freedom Forum’s annual Where America Stands survey reveal Americans' complicated relationship with the First Amendment.

  6. Free Exercise Clause - Wikipedia

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    Applying a new standard of "strict scrutiny" in various areas of civil rights law, the Court began to apply this standard to the First Amendment religion clauses as well, reading the Free Exercise Clause to require accommodation of religious conduct except where a state could show a compelling interest and no less burdensome means to achieve ...

  7. This Is What the First Amendment Really Means - AOL

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    It 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 ...

  8. Presidential election and campus protests top concerns in new ...

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    In fact, only 34% say that all rights enshrined within the First Amendment—the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition—are equally essential, down from 41% last year.

  9. Establishment Clause - Wikipedia

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    The process of incorporating the two Religion Clauses in the First Amendment was twofold. The first step was the Supreme Court's conclusion in 1940 that the Free Exercise Clause was made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. [10]