First Amendment Importance

The First Amendment of the United States of Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The Supreme Court interprets the extent of the protection afforded to these rights. The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire federal government even though it is only expressly applicable to Congress. Furthermore, the Court has interpreted, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as protecting the rights in the First Amendment from interference by state governments.
It has shaped the lives of millions of individuals that call our country home. My beliefs go on to say that someone reading the first amendment will think that it will protect them from anything and that they take it too lightly. With many people who oppose the Government's actions, we are not safe to say we have complete freedom of speech and press. There are many things that we are not allowed to say because of false advertisement which can place someone in serious danger. From many Supreme Court cases, I have taken note that many issues have arose from this amendment, many people who are found guilty in crime try to use this amendment as a crutch as if it’s a “get out of jail card”. That’s mostly about the freedom of speech, but I also believe that the freedom of religion is very essential. People should always have the given right to follow whatever religion that they please and not be forced into another. Imposing religion on others causing great havoc and leads to issues. Many have used these too, literally, and have started court cases over issues over certain religions putting up posters to announce their church events. Some may argue that its imposing another religion onto someone else, but I do not believe anything is wrong with doing so. As far as eliminating anything out of the first amendment, I would not do so. I do not believe anything needs to be added or taken out because all of this has been taken care of during the process of trial and error. Eliminating the whole first amendment would cause a copious amount of issues of essential basic rights that shouldn’t be taken away from us or forgotten. In order for people to truly understand the meaning and importance of this amendment, we need to go into further detail when taught about it so we aren’t getting surface deep details about such important laws which are imposed upon