I don't think it was arbitrary that the 1st amendment came first. It's the most important, inalienable, self-evident (God-given) right. As Jordan Peterson says, the right to free speech isn't because it's important to say nasty things about others, but because that is how thinking works. The right to speak is the right to think. The unfortunate thing is that nasty things will be said in the process of thinking, but that's the necessary cost of thinking. If we're not thinking, we're mindless drones with no special calling, no special contribution, and no possible way of contributing anything beyond any other disposable drone.
Authoritarians tell individuals they cling to individuality at their peril, but individuals tell authoritarians they cling to conformity at theirs.