Walter Chaplinsky, a Jehovah's Witness, was convicted of provoking a crowd by claiming that the government officials of Rochester, New Hampshire were fascists and that organized religion was a "racket". ...

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The first amendment has survived more than two-hundred years, without being modified. The finite history of the first amendment proves its significance and role in America. It prohibits the establishment of a nation-wide religion, and guarantees freedom of worship, speech, press and to peaceable a...

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The First Amendment is part of America's Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. It is the first 10 amendments. Amendments are rights that we didn't add to the constitution. There were two groups, The Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted the Constitutio...

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