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first amendment

noun as in free speech

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Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR, warned that the legislation “provides broad authority that could be abused by a future administration to violate Americans’ First Amendment rights.”

From Salon

“Fox News is pleased with these back-to-back decisions from federal courts preserving the press freedoms of the First Amendment,” the network said in a statement.

Texas schools will have the option to pick the curriculum in the coming school year, which critics argue violates First Amendment protections against a state establishment of religion.

From Salon

For most of the century since World War I, however, First Amendment norms kept prosecutors from trying to use that law to treat journalistic-style activities as a crime.

Stroppa, however, added that Musk also “emphasises that freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment and the Italian constitution itself; therefore, as a citizen, he will continue to freely express his opinions”.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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