Topic > The First Amendment to the United States Constitution...

The United States Constitution is the official document of the United States of America. The framers of the Constitution drafted this document to establish order and ensure that its writings were diametrically opposed to what they experienced under British rule. This Constitution was supposed to guarantee freedom and protect the rights of the people. While protecting the rights of the people, the Constitution was considered sufficient for the people. Because legislators wanted more freedom for the people, civil liberties were established and the Bill of Rights was adopted into the Constitution. If we examine the order of the Bill of Rights as we do with the articles of the Constitution, then we might assume that the First Amendment would be considered the most important. The First Amendment states this: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or restrict 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. In particular, Congress decided to mention the religious act in the First Amendment. This was obviously of great importance to the authors. The language of this amendment was very clear and demonstrative. It is quite obvious that the United States did not want to be associated with any particular religion; nor did they want to ban anyone from practicing whatever religion they decided. It is commonly perceived that this Establishment Clause of the First Amendment was such that the United States government did not promote one religion over another. In doing so, it was also assumed that no special favoritism would be shown towards any group of people on the basis of religion...... half of the document ......if such activities were evident, this demonstrated that the refusal of RSO status has in no way prevented the organization from being an active and effective organization (Northwest). Such a case should be an example for organizations abroad. The basic fact is that rejection does not equate to unconstitutionality. Provided that people are guaranteed the rights outlined, not only in the First Amendment and also supported by the Fourteenth Amendment, in the Bill of Rights. Since problems regarding the First Amendment are sure to arise, especially regarding speech and religion, cases such as these will never be sufficient to resolve civil liberty issues. What the government needs to do, as it did in this case, is make sure that sentences are in line with the constitution and govern in accordance with what is constitutionally sound and not emotionally appropriate..