The legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion nor touching or abridging the liberty of the press.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Carolinian
Source
Resolution offered in the Philadelphia Convention, May 29, 1787. The United States Constitution was enacted without any protection for religion or the press, but with the understanding that a Bill of Rights would shortly be enacted to address these concerns.
- year
- 1787
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