What would a law limiting free speech most likely violate?

• A. Bill of Rights
• B. Constitution
• C. Separation of Powers
• D. Articles of Confederation

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how constitutional protections shield individual liberties from government limits. Free speech is explicitly protected by the First Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights. A law that tries to limit what people can say would run directly against those protections, so the Bill of Rights is the precise source that would be violated.

The larger document—the Constitution—establishes the framework of government and includes the Bill of Rights, but the specific safeguard against curbing speech comes from the Bill of Rights. The Articles of Confederation don’t provide modern protections against limiting speech, and separation of powers is about how government powers are allocated rather than guaranteeing rights.