Definitions for First Amendment
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1. First Amendmentnoun

   an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech

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1. First Amendmentadjective

   Of or relating to the US Bill of Rights.

2. First Amendmentadjective

   Of or relating to free speech in general.

3. First Amendmentnoun

   The first of ten amendments to the constitution of the United States, collectively known as the Bill of Rights.

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1. first amendment

   The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that regulate an establishment of religion, or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was proposed to assuage Anti-Federalist opposition to Constitutional ratification. Initially, the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress, and many of its provisions were interpreted more narrowly than they are today. Beginning with Gitlow v. New York (1925), the Supreme Court applied the First Amendment to states—a process known as incorporation—through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Court drew on Thomas Jefferson's correspondence to call for "a wall of separation between church and State", though the precise boundary of this separation remains in dispute. Speech rights were expanded significantly in a series of 20th and 21st century court decisions which protected various forms of political speech, anonymous speech, campaign finance, pornography, and school speech; these rulings also defined a series of exceptions to First Amendment protections. The Supreme Court overturned English common law precedent to increase the burden of proof for defamation and libel suits, most notably in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964). Commercial speech, however, is less protected by the First Amendment than political speech, and is therefore subject to greater regulation. The Free Press Clause protects publication of information and opinions, and applies to a wide variety of media. In Near v. Minnesota (1931) and New York Times v. United States (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protected against prior restraint—pre-publication censorship—in almost all cases. The Petition Clause protects the right to petition all branches and agencies of government for action. In addition to the right of assembly guaranteed by this clause, the Court has also ruled that the amendment implicitly protects freedom of association. Although the First Amendment applies only to state actors, there is a common misconception that it prohibits anyone from limiting free speech, including private, non-governmental entities. Moreover, the Supreme Court has determined that protection of speech is not absolute.

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1. first amendment

   The First Amendment is a part of the United States Constitution that prohibits the government from restrictinrg freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the right to petition the government. Adopted on December 15, 1791, it was part of ten amendments that make up the Bill of Rights.

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Examples of First Amendment in a Sentence

1. Jenin Younes:

   California’s new ‘misinformation’ law is the result of an increasingly censorious mentality that has gripped many lawmakers in this country, that this shocking bill passed through the state legislature and was signed into law by Governor Newsom demonstrates that far too many Americans do not understand the First Amendment.

2. Madison MayorSatya Rhodes-Conway:

   The behaviors that we saw were incredibly dangerous, putting peoples lives at risk, it is important that we separate First Amendment protests from thoseengaged in criminal conduct.

3. John Morrison:

   And beyond that, my hope is that we wind up convincing him to stop. this is not free speech, this is nothing protected by the First Amendment, this is not the expression of political opinion.

4. David Boies:

   The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the Government from imposing religious-based restrictions on the personal decisions of individual citizens, here, the State attempts to use religious criteria to decree to which secondary school parents may send their children simply because the parents receive generally available tuition assistance. This law strikes at the heart of, and is clearly prohibited by, the Free Exercise Clause.

5. Julian AssangeA:

   The UK has said Ecuadorian Embassy will arrest me regardless, the The UK CIA Director( Mike) Pompeo and the The UK attorney general have said that I and other WikiLeaks staff have no... First Amendment rights, that my arrest and the arrest( of) my other staff is a priority. That is not acceptable.

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