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Why does the first amendment place limits on government power to restrict freedom of speech in the united states?

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The First Amendment GUARANTEES citizens freedom of speech, religion, assembly, of the press, and to petition. Since the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, the government must go by these, which limit its power over the people.
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