first amendment

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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

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

“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

"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

The first amendment brought the United States Senate nearer the people and opened the way for other reforms; the second made it possible to apportion more equitably the burdens of the government.

From In His Image by Bryan, William Jennings