The First Amendment is a normative component of the US Constitution’s system of representative governance, instituted for persons to pursue their happiness by safeguarding fundamental rights essential to general welfare and safety.257 The US government is built on a foundation that safeguards deliberation, self-expression, self-affirmation, and scientific pursuits. These rights are not only guarded by the Amendment, by statutes, and by judicial opinions, but by the very structure of a government created by the people to preserve their inalienable interests in liberty and equality. The nation’s founding statement of purpose, which is set out by the Declaration of Independence, recites a commitment to establish a nation to protect ordinary citizens’ safety and happiness.