Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to

state law only.
federal law only.
state and federal law.
local, state, and federal law.

At first, the First Amendment applied just to laws established by the Congress, and a significant number of its arrangements were deciphered more barely than they are today. The Supreme Court connected the First Amendment to states—a procedure known as joining—through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Tundexi Tundexi · Answer 2 · 2022-02-17T14:56:21+01:00

As at when the exerpt from First Amendment was written, the clause stated therein originally applied to federal law only

What are federal law?

A federal law are legislation (acts) created at Federal level and super-cedes both States and lower laws.

Hence, as at when the exerpt from First Amendment was written, the clause stated therein originally applied to federal law only

Therefore, the Option B is correct.