Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
| 1. | Magna Carta, c. 61, 1215 |
| 2. | William Lambarde, Eirenarcha 175--76 1614 ed. |
| 3. | Petition of Right, 1, 7 June 1628 |
| 4. | The Tumultuous Petition Act 13 Chas. 2, st. 1, c. 5 (1661) |
| 5. | Resolution of the House of Commons, 1669 |
| 6. | Trial of the Seven Bishops for Publishing a Libel |
| 7. | John Locke, A Letter concerning Toleration, 1689 |
| 8. | Bill of Rights, secs. 5, 13, 2, 16 Dec. 1689 |
| 9. | Stamp Act Congress, Declaration of Rights, sec. 13, 19 Oct. 1765 |
| 10. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:138--39, 1765 |
| 11. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 4:146--47, 1769 |
| 12. | Thomas Jefferson, Instructions in the Virginia Convention to the Delegates to Congress, Aug. 1774 |
| 13. | Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves, 14 Oct. 1774 |
| 14. | Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 |
| 15. | Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, PT. 1, ART. 19 |
| 16. | Maryland Ratifying Convention, Proposed Amendment, 29 Apr. 1788 |
| 17. | House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, 15 Aug. 1789 |
| 18. | Pennsylvania v. Morrison |
| 19. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 299--300, 1803 |
| 20. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 124 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 21. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1887--88, 1833 |
| 22. | Senate, Reception of Abolition Petitions, 1836 |
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