The Bill of Rights, December 15, 1791
(Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post on the Bill of Rights)
The United States Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was ratified on this date, December 15, in 1791.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT: CURRENT CIVIC KNOWLEDGE
The First Amendment within the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of speech, religion, a free press, assembly, and petition.
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
Today, many Americans are unfamiliar with the details of the First Amendment. The recent State of the First Amendment Survey from the Freedom Forum Institute revealed that Americans’ knowledge of the First Amendment is lacking.
71 percent of Americans could name at least one of the freedoms guaranteed in CONTINUE READING: The Bill of Rights, December 15, 1791 | Live Long and Prosper