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

One X post that shared the fabricated image states: “A law that breaks the first amendment? Orwellian.”

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

You talked a bit about your first amendment, which would double the size of the House.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024

The first amendment which the House has made, and the most important one, will be found to commence in the eighth line of the first section.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio