Name: Instructor: Course: Date: The First Amendment The First Amendment was established to guard the freedom of speech, media and religion (Kauffman 2). Moreover, it has given the people a right to have peaceful protests and to petition against the local and federal governments. The law prohibits the congress from creating laws that will establish a national religion, hinder the practice of a certain religion, hinder the freedom of speech, media and the right to assembly (Kauffman 2). The amendment was implemented in 1791 along with other nine amendments that formed the bill of rights. On of the landmark cases of the First Amendment was the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School...
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