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This is because of the phrase “laid and levied by the legislatures of the several states”.
The First amendment is perhaps the most important part of the Bill of Rights It protects five of the most basic liberties. They are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government to right wrongs.
Aristotle was the first Greek philosopher to analyze how people can use reason to reach logical, provable conclusions.