"The legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion nor touching or abridging the liberty of the press."

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Founding Fathers of the United States of AmericaUnited States presidential candidates, 1808People from CharlestonFederalist Party (United States) politiciansUnited States Ambassadors to France
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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.