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The 1 st Amendment
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RAPPSRAPPS
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Religion A P P S
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Religion Assemble P P S
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Religion Assemble Petition P S
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Religion Assemble Petition Press S
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Religion Assemble Petition Press Speech
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Religion
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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Religion Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion The government can not tell you what religion to be or what you must believe.
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Religion Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion The government can not tell you what religion to be or what you must believe. Government can not tell you when or how to practice your faith
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Assemble
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the right of the people to peaceably assemble.
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Assemble the right of the people to peaceably assemble. If you do the proper paperwork, you and your group may have parades, picket business places or have protest marches
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Petition
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The right to ask the government to change
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Petition The right to ask the government to change This is usually done in the form of signing your name to a “Petition” and then giving it to the government
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Petition The right to ask the government to change This is usually done in the form of signing your name to a “Petition” and then giving it to the government Petitioning can also be done by directly calling, e-mailing or talking to your government officials, asking them to change policy
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Press
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The government can not do anything to limit the Freedom of Press
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Press The government can not do anything to limit the Freedom of Press The news media can print any story they want as long as it is true and as long as it does not present a Clear and Present Danger (Government Secrets)
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Press The government can not do anything to limit the Freedom of Press The news media can print any story they want as long as it is true and as long as it does not present a Clear and Present Danger (Government Secrets) Lying in the press is called Libel
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Speech
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Government can not tell you what you can and can’t say
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Speech Government can not tell you what you can and can’t say You can’t create a Clear and Present Danger. (endanger someone’s life)
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Speech Government can not tell you what you can and can’t say You can’t create a Clear and Present Danger. (endanger someone’s life) You can not tell lies (Slander)
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Speech Government can not tell you what you can and can’t say You can’t create a Clear and Present Danger. (endanger someone’s life) You can not tell lies (Slander) Obscenity: The government can censor bad language or sexual content. (Movie Ratings & Parent Advisory Labels)
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