<P> The First Amendment ( Amendment I ) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion , prohibiting the free exercise of religion , or abridging the freedom of speech , the freedom of the press , the right to peaceably assemble , or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances . It was adopted on December 15 , 1791 , as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights . </P>
list of rights protected by the first amendment
the free exercise of religion the freedom of speech the freedom of the press the right to peaceably assemble to petition for a governmental redress of grievances