First Amendment | Constitution 101

Why was the #FirstAmendment included in the Bill of Rights? How does it protect Americans’ civil and political rights? Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the connections of the Declaration of Independence to the writings of #FoundingFather Thomas Jefferson and #SupremeCourt Justice Louis Brandeis and the First Amendment.

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