"Congress shall make no law," declares the first amendment, "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." (Burns, 2004) These words, written in a time so long ago, have become the way in which Americans define the word free. Freedom, as it pertains to us, is contained in that one simple sentence. …
