first amendment
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“Jim has had a long, distinguished nearly 20-year career at CNN, with a track record of standing up to authority, for the first amendment and for our journalistic freedoms,” the network said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
The first amendment to the US Constitution - known as the Establishment Clause - says that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024
You talked a bit about your first amendment, which would double the size of the House.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 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
A similar prohibition formed the first amendment to the Federal Constitution.
From The United States of America, Part 1 by Sparks, Edwin Erle
