first amendment
Example Sentences
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Every American kid “ought to understand how glorious the Bill of Rights is, and particularly the First Amendment. And we know that kids don’t know any of this.”
The Chamber of Progress stressed that it is "ideologically diverse" but concerned about the impact of the government's action on protections under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
From BBC
“Blocking access to entire platforms would violate the First Amendment rights of the estimated 150 million Americans who use the platform daily,” the organization said in a March 23 release.
From Salon
Wills, who is himself a Catholic, called the separation of church and state embodied in the First Amendment’s Establishment clause “a stunning innovation,” the one unique, genius thing about our nation’s founding document.
From Salon
Constitutional experts say aggressive policing tactics can deter people from exercising their First Amendment rights, which include the freedom to witness or protest government activities in public places.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.