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Last ModifiedU Ole Polecat February 21, 2006 04:34pm
DescriptionCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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May 24, 2018 05:50am Statement Trump says NFL players who kneel during national anthem 'maybe shouldn't be in the country'  Article RP 
Jul 19, 2013 12:00pm Legal Ruling In Major Ruling, Court Orders Times Reporter to Testify  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jul 10, 2013 12:00pm News Freedom of Assembly on Trial in NYC: Veterans Who Fought for Liberty Are Forced to Fight Again  Article kal 
Jul 08, 2013 10:00am News Gay Pride Banner Could Prompt South Louisiana Flag Limit  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Feb 18, 2013 05:00pm News Reader's Digest parent seeks bankruptcy protection  Article kal 
Sep 24, 2012 04:00pm Perspective Free Speech Isn’t the Problem   Article Imperator 
Jun 28, 2012 11:00am Legal Ruling Supreme Court strikes down Stolen Valor Act  Article Brandonius Maximus 
May 05, 2012 01:00am Legal Ruling Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Mar 08, 2012 08:00pm Perspective Obama’s Contraception Spin Machine  Article Imperator 
Mar 08, 2012 08:00pm Video Bishop Lori's testimony durign the House Committee on Oversight's hearing on Religious Liberty  Article Imperator 
Feb 08, 2012 12:00pm Blog Entry Eleventh Circuit Affirms Ruling against Former Valdosta State President in Victory for Student Rights  Article Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! 
Jan 11, 2012 02:00pm Legal Ruling Supreme Court: Churches Can't Be Sued By Ministers For Employment Discrimination  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Nov 04, 2011 06:35pm News [WI] Capitol protesters sue state over ban on signs, banners  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 24, 2011 07:00am Analysis Banned Books: Most challenged titles  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 21, 2011 10:30am General Yahoo blocks emails about Wall Street protest  Article RP 
Sep 09, 2011 02:00pm Legal Ruling Michigan’s Funeral Protest Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional   Article Homegrown Democrat 
Jun 16, 2011 11:00am Scandal Report: Bush admin. asked CIA to discredit a liberal blogger  Article Craverguy 
Mar 02, 2011 09:10am Legal Ruling Supreme Court OKs anti-gay church's picketing of funerals  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Feb 23, 2011 05:00am News Pro-union website blocked in Wisconsin Capitol  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Oct 30, 2010 06:40am Blog Entry Rush Limbaugh Defends Video Game Free Speech, "This is Where the Battle Is"  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Oct 07, 2010 06:00pm News Recite Pledge or Go to Jail? Lawyer Sent to Lockup  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 06, 2010 04:45pm Commentary Supreme Court Justices Appear Ready To Rule Against Funeral Pickets   Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 26, 2010 07:10pm Statement Attorney: Feds Trying to Quiet Anti-War Activists  Article Jason 
Sep 14, 2010 05:00pm General Stephen Breyer Questions Right to Burn Quran  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Aug 22, 2010 03:00pm Commentary How Fox Betrayed Petraeus  Article MadViking 
Aug 20, 2010 08:35pm Video Rock Out To the Latest Anti-Mosque Anthem This Weekend!  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 18, 2010 11:00pm News Most New Yorkers against ground zero mosque: Poll  Article DEPolitics 
Aug 18, 2010 11:00pm News Even Democrats Oppose Ground Zero Mosque  Article DEPolitics 
Aug 18, 2010 07:00pm News Howard Dean Wants the Ground Zero Mosque Moved  Article DEPolitics 
Aug 17, 2010 05:10pm News What About the Ground Zero Church? Archdiocese Says Officials Abandoned Project  Article Penn Con 
Aug 17, 2010 01:00am Opinion Time for a Mosque 'Beer Summit'?  Article Scott³ 
Aug 15, 2010 10:00pm News GOP Pundit: Obama's Mosque Talk "Dumbest Thing"  Article Servo 
Aug 13, 2010 08:00pm Poll In U.S., Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Remains a Rarity  Article kal 
Aug 05, 2010 10:00am Commentary Defending the Mosque  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 28, 2010 11:00am Legal Ruling Court: Group Can't Bar Gays, Get Univ. Funds  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 21, 2010 11:00am Legal Ruling Supreme Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to Terror  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 05, 2010 10:00pm Commentary Family Institute Supported Enfield Graduation Plan  Article MadViking 
Jun 01, 2010 06:00pm News Conn. Town Can't Hold Graduations in Church, Judge Rules  Article Penn Con 
May 14, 2010 02:00pm General U.S. rights group sues to protect right to swear  Article RP 
Apr 13, 2010 05:00am Proposed Legislation Democrats prepare for election-year battle to craft Citizens United legislation  Article RP 
Feb 10, 2010 07:55pm General CBS Corporation Bars NORML From Advertising On Times Square Billboard  Article Jason 
Jan 01, 2010 04:05pm Blog Entry Amazon Hawks Censored Joseph Conrad Book, Calibrated for Delicate 'Modern' Eyes  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Oct 13, 2009 04:00pm Idiocy New York-Based Muslim's Web Site Calls for God to 'Kill the Jews'  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 07, 2009 10:00am News Supreme Court Hears Mojave Cross Case  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jun 17, 2009 12:00pm Scandal Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists  Article Craverguy 
Mar 30, 2009 12:00am News Philadelphia Tour Guides Say Licensing Quiz Treads on Them  Article Craverguy 
Mar 29, 2009 04:50am Commentary Censorship and the dying rags  Article kal 
Mar 02, 2009 07:00pm Report Extraordinary Measures: Bush Adm. Weighed Restricting 1st Amendment  Article Monsieur 
Feb 18, 2009 01:00pm General White House: Obama Opposes 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival  Article kal 
Feb 11, 2009 04:10pm General Sen. Harkin: 'We need the Fairness Doctrine back'   Article kal 
Feb 05, 2009 06:00am Commentary Day 15 of Obama's honeymoon  Article kal 
Nov 10, 2008 08:00am News From Tiny Sect, Weighty Issue for Justices   Article ArmyDem 
Sep 03, 2008 08:25am News Instruction in Pole Dancing Tests the First Amendment   Article ArmyDem 
May 20, 2008 05:00pm News Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'  Article Bob 
Sep 21, 2007 01:00pm News Columbia Won't Cancel Ahmadinejad Speech  Article Patrick 
Aug 17, 2007 10:00am News Feds pay $80,000 over anti-Bush T-shirts  Article The Sunset Provision 
Jun 25, 2007 10:00am Legal Ruling Student Free-Speech Rights Limited  Article Servo 
May 27, 2007 09:00pm News Police Search For Flag Burner  Article kal 
May 24, 2007 03:00pm General Woman acquitted of illegal poop use  Article kal 
May 02, 2007 01:00pm News Kent State audio tape released  Article The Sunset Provision 
Apr 17, 2007 12:00pm News Bush volunteers: Tossing dissenters OK  Article The Sunset Provision 
Jan 05, 2007 10:00pm News A Spammer's Revenge  Article ArmyDem 
Nov 02, 2006 11:00am News Issaquah bus driver appeals firing for "flipping off" President Bush  Article The Sunset Provision 
Jun 29, 2006 06:10pm Analysis Fox & Friends co-host Kilmeade advocated "Office of Censorship" in wake of NY Times banking surveillance story  Article Servo 
Jun 28, 2006 05:00pm Proposed Legislation GOP bill targets NY Times  Article kal 
Jun 13, 2006 12:20pm Analysis Flag amendment needs one more vote to pass Senate  Article RP 
Jun 01, 2006 11:00pm News Student activist claims rights violated [Riverside, CA]  Article particleman 
May 22, 2006 05:00pm News S.C. Girl Protests Confederate Apparel Ban  Article Brandonius Maximus 
May 04, 2006 07:15pm News Flag Desecration Ban Advances in Senate  Article Servo 
May 03, 2006 07:00pm News Kenneth Starr to Take on Alaska Appeal  Article Servo 
Apr 25, 2006 04:35pm General Shrieking woman at White House another publicity stunt staged by Falun Gong?  Article Thomas Walker 
Apr 23, 2006 12:00am News Bush, Hu disagree on key issues after protester screams  Article Servo 
Apr 21, 2006 07:30pm News Hu heckler on harassment charge  Article Servo 
Apr 18, 2006 01:00pm General VA apologizes to nurse who wrote letter  Article RP 
Apr 12, 2006 11:00am Blog Entry A constitutional amendment to establish a right that already exists  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 12, 2006 02:00am News Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies  Article mtrz 
Apr 04, 2006 10:00pm News Questionable bumper sticker a ticket to free speech fight  Article Servo 
Mar 18, 2006 08:00pm General Mo. drama teacher resigns in play flap  Article RP 
Mar 10, 2006 12:00am News Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner  Article Servo 
Mar 01, 2006 08:00am News Study: One in 1,000 Know First Amendment  Article SC Moose 
Feb 27, 2006 04:45pm Opinion The fascists of free speech  Article SC Moose 
Feb 16, 2006 02:00pm News Boy Scouts 'a religion'?:Attorneys for group battle agnostics over lease of public land  Article SC Moose 
Jan 09, 2006 11:00pm Analysis Create an e-annoyance, go to jail  Article Servo 
Dec 16, 2005 08:00pm General Trading bibles for porn in San Antonio  Article off_to_DC 
Dec 13, 2005 02:00pm Opinion At war: government and the media  Article SC Moose 
Dec 09, 2005 04:20pm News ACLU Sues Polk County [Florida] Over "Free Speech Zone" Rules  Article Servo 
Nov 05, 2005 09:00pm News Judge tosses a blanket on topless protest: Breasts Not Bombs told nudity not part of free-speech rights  Article Servo 
Oct 21, 2005 08:00pm News U.S. Falls in World Press Freedom Ranking  Article User 13 
Sep 21, 2005 11:10am News Flag issue may burn brightly in '06 races  Article The Sunset Provision 
Sep 20, 2005 01:00pm Press Release ACLU of New Jersey Joins Lawsuit Supporting Second-Grader's Right to Sing "Awesome God" at Talent Show  Article Servo 
Aug 26, 2005 12:45pm News Poll: Many back right to protest Iraq war  Article Servo 
Jun 23, 2005 10:00pm News Newsview: GOP Using Flag-Burning Issue  Article The Sunset Provision 
Jun 14, 2005 09:30pm News Vote on flag desecration may be 'cliffhanger'  Article None Entered 
May 27, 2005 12:20pm News Bush-as-Groucho posters spark debate  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Apr 06, 2005 03:00pm Legal Ruling Court upholds teen's right to rant  Article RP 
Apr 05, 2005 02:35pm News Group Formed to Promote Education on First Amendment  Article Servo 
Mar 30, 2005 01:00pm News Bush critics blocked from presidential events  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Mar 01, 2005 11:00am Idiocy Senator: Decency Rules Should Apply Pay TV, Radio  Article Servo 
Feb 21, 2005 12:00am Opinion 'Is our children learning' Bill of Rights? No, they isn't  Article Servo 
Feb 14, 2005 12:00am News Religious broadcasters warned of legislative threats  Article Servo 
Feb 09, 2005 12:00am News Man Arrested for Lawyer Jokes Cleared  Article Servo 
Feb 02, 2005 12:00am Commentary Self- indulgent orgies  Article None Entered 
Jan 31, 2005 12:00am News First Amendment No Big Deal, Students Say  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jan 22, 2005 12:00am News Victims' families criticize 'Al Qaeda Reader'  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jan 17, 2005 12:00am Amusing Rewriting the First Amendment by the ACLU  Article Servo 
Jan 13, 2005 12:00am News Tell a lawyer joke, go to jail?  Article Blue Wizzrobe 
Jan 11, 2005 12:00am News Library board puts Jon Stewart's book back on shelves  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Dec 28, 2004 12:00am News Campus club seeks right to exclude gays  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jul 22, 2004 12:00am General Senate panel OKs Hatch [flag burning] amendment  Article particleman 
Jul 09, 2004 12:00am Poll Support of first freedoms back to pre-9/11 levels, new survey shows  Article Servo 
Jun 02, 2004 12:00am News Public baptism sparks controversy  Article Guy 
May 15, 2004 12:00am News Man fights citation for carrying anti-Bush sign  Article Servo 
Apr 26, 2004 12:00am Opinion The Federal Censorship Commission  Article Servo 
Apr 21, 2004 12:00am News Censorship in arts 'healthy,' Boone says  Article Servo 
Feb 27, 2004 12:00am Commentary THE CENSORSHIP MOOD  Article Servo 
Feb 05, 2004 12:00am News Quarantining dissent: How the Secret Service protects Bush from free speech  Article FreedomDemocrat 
Dec 16, 2003 12:00am Advertisement Congress Passes Anti-Spam Bill  Not Available Wabash 
Nov 23, 2003 12:00am News F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies  Article Servo 
Nov 03, 2003 12:00am News On campus: Free speech for you but not for me?  Article Tony82 
Aug 04, 2003 12:00am News Support for 1st Amendment rising after 9/11  Article Servo 
Aug 30, 2002 07:16pm General Support For 1st Amendment Slipping  Article RP 

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