Question
Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to
state law only.
federal law only.
state and federal law.
local, state, and federal law.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to
state law only.
federal law only.
state and federal law.
local, state, and federal law.
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federal law only.
The First Amendment originally restrained Congress (the federal government). The protections were later applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment and Supreme Court incorporation.
The First Amendment originally restrained Congress (the federal government). The protections were later applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment and Supreme Court incorporation.
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