first amendment
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Leon wrote that while service members have more limited free speech protections than civilians under the US Constitution's first amendment, no court has ever extended those limits to retired service members.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
The activist group urged students and faculty to call on the university for a de-escalation: “Demand these students are allowed to express their first amendment rights!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Mr. Keenan alleged the law, in addition to hurting the pension, was unconstitutional because it “violates the first amendment for compelling speech, viewpoint discrimination and content discrimination.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
“Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely,” she wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Some of the private Members got their own back when the first amendment to the Address was moved by Mr. Joynson-Hicks.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
