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Which sentence in the US Constitution provides for limiting the power of government?

a.)“All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States.”
b.)“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived.”
c.)“The president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy.”
d.)“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”
e.)“The Constitution . . . shall be the supreme law of the land.”

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Answer D is the most acceptable because it expresses the limiting of Congress's power to make any law having to do with religion, or against freedom of speech. Hope it helps, although my explanation was confusing hehe
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D. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”

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