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First Amendment — Fundamental Freedoms

Protects religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition from specified federal abridgment; much of the amendment applies to states through incorporation doctrine.

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Protects religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition from specified federal abridgment; much of the amendment applies to states through incorporation doctrine.

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