first amendment

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"This is protected speech under the first amendment of the United States Constitution."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 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

Harrison added: “These rules, established to protect human life and people’s first amendment rights, are core to our City’s value.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

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