 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...Constitution — enunciates a different doctrine, and lays it down in these unmistakable words — "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." We know it is held to be almost treasonable now to refer to the Constitution, but... | |
 | 1872 - 878 pages
...freedom of religion, hastened by an amendment to supply the deficiency. " Congress," they ordained, " shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," * and our own state, on November 3, 1846, by its constitution, emphatically declares... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 496 pages
...individuals."3 Moreover, we have had the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States as follows : "Congress shall make no law respecting the 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1875 - 724 pages
...Firxi Xtftxi'm. J/«r<7io, 17«). 01' HIP Rlirlit of Conscience. Freedom of the 1'rcss, kc. Лит. T. Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the 1'ree exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1878 - 832 pages
...first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, passed March 6, 1789, which provides that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. That we hereby express our sympathy for Brother Waldo and his associate, as persons... | |
 | Mormons - 1891 - 518 pages
...may another, and whose religion will be spared? The Constitution of the United States declares that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. This is a cardinal principle of our system of government, both nationaF and state.... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 886 pages
...taxation. Such statute is not in conflict with the constitutional provision that " the general assembly shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; nor shall any person be compelled to attend any place of worship, pay taxes, tithes,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Jenkens - Baptists - 1880 - 632 pages
...request of the Baptists, he recommended to Congress that amendment to the Constitution which says that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof." Bancroft, our great historian, and Judge Story, our great jurist, speak of us in... | |
 | Nebraska, Guy Ashton Brown - Law - 1881 - 842 pages
...AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. AETICLE I. [Religion— Free speech— Press— Right of petition.]— Congress shall make no law respecting the 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... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Law - 1883 - 626 pages
...shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts." " Congress shall make no law respecting the 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... | |
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Congress shall make no law respecting the 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... 
