first amendment
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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
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
You talked a bit about your first amendment, which would double the size of the House.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2024
“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
The first amendment offered was to strike out "inhabitants" and insert "citizens of the United States," and thus avoid the embarrassments that might result from giving it so broad an extension.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
