i really want to know the exact wording ..i may just get involved with all the STUFF here in Tx that are taking away my rights...
2007-01-23 10:45:26 · 7 answers · asked by clcschiller 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Amendment I
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 a redress of grievances.
(I'm curious, what is happening to you in Texas?)
2007-01-23 10:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First Amendment To The Constitution of The United 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 people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2007-01-23 11:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by Akkita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.S. Constitution: First Amendment
First Amendment - Religion and Expression
Amendment Text | Annotations
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 a redress of grievances good luck
2007-01-23 10:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is the wording.
“ 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 a redress of grievances. ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Amendment
2007-01-23 10:58:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"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 a redress of grievances."
2007-01-23 10:50:23 · answer #5 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Texas...''taking away your rights," eh? Why am I not surprised? Especially since that is were George W. Bush hails from.
Since the text has already been quoted and referenced, I thought I'd share some words of one our most revered Founding Fathers;
``The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs thro' the channel of the public papers, & to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people. The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them.''
Thomas Jefferson To Edward Carrington Paris, Jan. 16, 1787
Americans need to get back in touch with the principles of these men. Otherwise, THE U.S.A. IS DOOMED.
2007-01-23 11:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by S D Modiano 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"you have the right to remain silent, anything you can and will be used against you in a court of law."
2007-01-23 10:50:11 · answer #7 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋