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First Amendment history
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The First Amendment’s Hidden Purpose: Why Was It Created?
Yet the fight for these protections didn’t end with the Declaration. The new nation’s first Congress, under pressure from Anti-Federalists, recognized that a...
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How the First Amendment Was Born: When Was the First Amendment Written and Why It Still Matters
The First Amendment didn’t materialize in a vacuum. It was the product of a nation grappling with its own contradictions—how to balance liberty with order...