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

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

From Seattle Times • May 3, 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

There is no blanket definition of hate speech under American law, which is generally much more permissive than other countries because of the first amendment to the US Constitution.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

The crucial point was the first amendment, which would restore the Missouri Compromise line "in all the territory of the United States now held, or hereafter acquired."

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen