first amendment

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In December, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge tossed out most of DuPont’s remaining claims, saying the city was protected by the first amendment in all but a few of its actions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

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

"Some of this is terrifying to US companies, who are used to operating in the shadow of the first amendment," says Mark Weston, partner and head of technology law at law firm Hill Dickinson.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

Some of the private Members got their own back when the first amendment to the Address was moved by Mr. Joynson-Hicks.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir