first amendment

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“Because the First Amendment protects everyone’s right to sue the government, we expect Isaac to be released immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Eastman’s attorney, Randall A. Miller, told the Associated Press that the court’s decision “departs from long-standing United States Supreme Court precedent protecting First Amendment rights, especially in the attorney discipline context.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

All the more interesting is that this comes from a group of men who trusted the people to find and practice what the First Amendment prohibited the government from imposing upon them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.”

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

I tell her that I do not think a history of the Pledge of Allegiance or an analysis of the First Amendment is going to win many votes.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe