Question

Freedom of speech and of the press have a special place in the American system because

a. They were the only liberties explicitly mentioned in Article I of the Constitution.

b. They have never been restricted in the history of the United States.

c. Free and open debate is an essential mechanism for determining the quality and validity of competing ideas.

d. They were the last provisions in the Bill of Rights to be incorporated through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 1

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.