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Locate and use federal government resources online and in print
Locate Joyner Library's U.S. Constitutional resources online and in print
Cite your sources
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September 18th marks the birthday of the United States Constitution. Part of the price of the ratification (adoption) of the Constitution was the addition of the Bill of Rights, or the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Opponents of the Bill of Rights feared the adoption of such amendments might suggest that these are the only rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens. Advocates felt that citizens must be guaranteed such liberties. Advocates of the Bill of Rights won and the Constitution, along with the first ten amendments, was passed.
The First Amendment to the Constitution reads as follows:
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 redress of grievances.
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