AMENDMENT:
Right of conscience
Amendment Details:
Date:
Dec. 18, 1787
Type:
Other (e.g., Archival Materials, Websites)
State of Origin:
Pennsylvania (PA)
Summary:
Right of conscience
Text:
1. The right of conscience shall be held inviolable; and neither the legislative, executive nor judicial powers of the United States shall have authority to alter, abrogate, or infringe any part of the constitution of the several states, which provide for the preservation of liberty in matters of religion.
Sponsor or Proponent:
Pennsylvania State Ratifying Convention (Minority Dissent)
Record Source:
"The Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, Pennsylvania Packet." Pennsylvania Packet 1787-12-18 : . Rpt. in The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Vol. 15. Ed. Gaspare J. Saladino and John P. Kaminski. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 1984. 13-34. Print.
Cite As:
The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number ot_17871218pen-an, accessed 2026-04-02]. Record Source: ["The Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, Pennsylvania Packet." Pennsylvania Packet 1787-12-18 : . Rpt. in The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Vol. 15. Ed. Gaspare J. Saladino and John P. Kaminski. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 1984. 13-34. Print.]
