The First Amendment
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is only 45 words long, yet it protects our most basic freedoms. It reads in full:
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.
Amendment I