I am a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with over 20 years experience providing services as an Expert Witness to the North East & North West of England, the Midlands, Yorkshire and beyond.
The Framers of the Constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and expression to the citizens of the United States with the First Amendment, which reads, in part, Congress shall make no law â¦ abridging the freedom of speech..
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, relating to the rights to free speech, a free press, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition, and free exercise of religion, was enacted as part of the Bill of Rights, its ratification occuring on December 15, 1791 with the support of the Virginia Legislature. Freedom of speech and of the press are fundamental rights which are safeguarded by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. [... ] 2  The right of peaceable assembly is a right cognate to those of free speech and free press, and is equally fundamental.