I am a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with over 20 years experience providing services as an Expert Witness to the North East & North West of England, the Midlands, Yorkshire and beyond.
The Framers of the Constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and expression to the citizens of the United States with the First Amendment, which reads, in part, Congress shall make no law â¦ abridging the freedom of speech..
Freedom of Assembly and Petition. Congress shall make no law... abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Under modern Supreme Court jurisprudence, the right to petition and the right of peaceable assembly have been almost completely collapsed into freedom of speech. Yet an analysis of the text and background of the First Amendment suggests that the petition and assembly rights have independent scope.