The English King agreed that his power was not absolute and that government should be limited in what it could do.

Allowing "chaplains" for non- religious service members (whose secular beliefs are not protected by the Free Exercise Clause, the clause which permits the chaplaincy

The 1st Amendment states, “ ​ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of

139 Noting that the free exercise clause “obviously excludes all ‘governmental regulation of religious beliefs as such’” 140 the Court held that the right to freely

In 1925 the Supreme Court decided that freedom of speech and of the press were among the “fundamental personal rights” protected by the due-process clause of the 14 th Amendment

addition, we expected that compared to non-Muslims, Muslim minority participants would be less in favor of free speech that offends religious beliefs and more in favor of

40. The Blackstonian view of press freedom prohibited the government from censoring speech prior to publica- tion, but provided no shield against government punishment

Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of people to petition the government Protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens

Amendment to the US Constitution protects the freedom of speech religion and the press It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government. Do you