first amendment
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"This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution."
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
One X post that shared the fabricated image states: “A law that breaks the first amendment? Orwellian.”
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024
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
"It could be anybody. It could be a homeless person. You don't get to violate people's first amendment rights, Smith," Giuliani ranted.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023
Finally citizens had the right of petition; it inheres in all free government and it is expressly guaranteed by the first amendment to the Constitution.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)
