Importance Of The First Amendment
The first amendment is the most well know amendment in the bill of rights. It is the right to freedom of speech, religion, and to peacefully assemble. Virginia colonial legislature created the "declarations of rights" in 1776 after two years of being in the American Revolutionary War. Afterwards they made some changes to the constitution and made it better. At first 9 colonies were authorize but later the u.s constitution was authorized by all 13 colonies. The bill of rights and first amendment were adopted in dec 15, 1791. Throughout the years since this amendment was first presented many cases appeared. Three of the cases I'll be talking about were by the Supreme Court ; Flast v. Cohen , Cox v. Louisiana , United States v. Alvarez.