India's legal system is based on a Constitution drafted in 1950, and largely based upon English common law. India's judiciary is often receptive to important U.S. court decisions. The Constitution guarantees equal rights to all citizens, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, caste, ethnicity, and religion. The Constitution also states that “All citizens shall have the right (a) to freedom of speech and expression. Nothing … shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the State from making any law, in so far as such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub-clause in the interest of the security of the State, friendly relations with Foreign States, public order, decency or morality…”