first amendment
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"This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution."
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
Another email from NPS to Secret Handshake confirms, “You have a first amendment demonstration permit. Typically, first amendment permits are allowed to continue. We are still waiting for further guidance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
One X post that shared the fabricated image states: “A law that breaks the first amendment? Orwellian.”
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024
Mr. Keenan alleged the law, in addition to hurting the pension, was unconstitutional because it “violates the first amendment for compelling speech, viewpoint discrimination and content discrimination.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 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
