The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees five basic freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
This amendment prohibits the government from making laws that establish a religion or prohibit the free exercise of religion, abridge the freedom of speech, infringe upon the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or restrict the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.