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It's good to see that the kids are practicing what they're learning in their government classes. They know their First Amendment rights.
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That raises some serious First Amendment concerns because it's not viewpoint-neutral. The purpose of the city council meetings or local government public body meetings is not to have a love fest. James Green
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That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office. Harry S Truman
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It's not a good thing to have somebody like Fred Phelps out there screaming things while your loved one is being buried but unfortunately, he does have a right under the First Amendment to do that.
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Everyone involved with this misguided law has known from the start that it is an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment freedoms of those who create and sell video games.
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As mayor, I avoid commenting on state and federal laws and policies I do not influence, ... I intend to vote 'no' on the proposed state constitutional amendment to protest its use as a wedge issue. Bill White
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That's why the McCain amendment is important, and that's why this language they're floating now would gut it,
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Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage, which was critical to our state. He is a proven conservative and I'm proud to be standing here today with Bill Stephens.
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Bill was instrumental in passing the Georgia amendment defining marriage. He is a proven conservative.
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The Ninth Amendment makes it clear that all the rights spelled out in the Constitution aren't the end of rights as we know them. It makes it clear that there are rights reserved to people that aren't spelled out in the Constitution. Chris Barron
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It just made sense to apply this on a grander scale. If one of us can raise that much for a nonprofit on his own, what could a dozen or more authors pull in for the First Amendment Project? Michael Chabon
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It is very possible before the Human Life Amendment gets to the Supreme Court that another justice might also retire.
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Governments don't tax the exercise of constitutional freedoms, that's why we have municipal budgets and publicly funded police departments. People don't pay to exercise their First Amendment rights, that is contradictory to how the Constitution works.
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For private employers, there is normally no special First Amendment right to get out of work to engage in a protest. A company might decide that it's good for morale to accommodate the exercise of freedom of speech on an issue that is very important to people, but that's an employment judgment not law.
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If he doesn't change his mind and support this amendment he will have a virtually impossible task to win the Republican nomination. Richard Land
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I do think a constitutional amendment is needed.
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I don't see that the city would have any compelling reason to prohibit her from displaying small flags in her windows. It's a violation of her First Amendment rights, Mathew Staver
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I am pleased that the compromise amendment before the Constitutional Convention was defeated. Now, we can work to put on the ballot a simpler amendment that simply defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Mitt Romney
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I am not precluding the hope and belief that when the president fully understands what this means and what my amendment would mean, that we will hopefully have a change in attitude and that my goal is the same as John Breaux's. I would like to see us vote out a budget by 90 votes ... not just hanging on by a vote or two. Jim Jeffords
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I don't think the First Amendment trumps everything.
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I don't particularly like the idea of slaughtering horses; however, this amendment cuts funding for USDA inspectors and, as a result, would endanger consumer safety, Tom Price
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I believe in the First Amendment (freedom of speech) very strongly ... and there's no reason to quit now, ... All the support has been extremely amazing. Larry Flynt
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charts a path towards a longer-term solution through amendment of the Helms-Burton Act.
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By approving the city of Chicago's O'Hare expansion plan, the FAA has done nothing less than authorize the desecration of St. Johannes Cemetery and promote the careless disregard for the First Amendment and federal religious freedom law.
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The law schools are taking a position on First Amendment grounds, and that position is in interference with military recruiting, no question about it. David Souter
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The First Amendment was designed to protect the church from the state. It was not intended to protect the state from the church.
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The First Amendment requires that compelled disclosure from journalists be a last resort, ... Apple must first investigate its own house before seeking to disturb the freedom of the press.
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The first amendment problems were paramount for us. So we decided that the ban violated our rights and our advertisers' rights.
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The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants. P. J. O'Rourke
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The First Amendment only restricts governmental control of speech.
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The First Amendment is not a shield for illegal conduct by journalists, or journalists' sources.
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The First Amendment has not repealed the ancient rule of life, that he who pays the piper calls the tune, Antonin Scalia
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The framers specifically created an amendment process that was difficult, but not impossible. They didn't want to make that change easily. Steve Frank