What Happened to the Freedom of Speech?
"Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…" — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When…
"Congress shall make no law...
abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press..."
— First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
When James Madison agreed be the scrivener at the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, he could not have known that just three years later he'd be the chair of the House of Representatives committee whose task it was to draft the Bill of Rights.
In doing so, he insisted that the word "the" precede the phrase "freedom of speech" in what was to become the First Amendment, so. . .
"Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…" — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When…
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