What are the 5 freedoms stated in the First Amendment?

The five freedoms stated in the First Amendment are the rights to free speech, religion, press, assembly, and to petition the government. Free speech protects your right to say whatever you want, regardless if it is hate speech. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say "separation of church and state”. read more

First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought. In United States v. read more