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.
The Constitution of the United States is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government and is the supreme law of the land. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789.
