First Amendment
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4.0
- noun
- /fɜrst əˈmɛndmənt/
- US
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Primera Enmienda
- A very peaceful First Amendment protected protest.
- First Amendment rights
- First Amendment protections
- First Amendment freedoms
That is, it has no First Amendment protection and can be banned.
- That is, it has no First Amendment protection and can be banned.
- So this is the, we filed a First Amendment suit that we announced yesterday.
- I agree with you that the First Amendment is broad and it protects his speech.
- That's that extra step that takes it outside of a First Amendment defense.
- On TikTok, Trump says the ban violates his First Amendment rights.
- You don't have a right to broadcast pornography because pornography does not enjoy First Amendment protection.
- Well, the First Amendment doesn't protect defamation.
- And that case was dismissed by the courts as a violation of our First Amendment rights.
- But that law was our first law, which on the face of it violated the First Amendment.
- And I'm a real First Amendment person who believes in the right of freedom of speech.
- I mean, I get it, he's defending his First Amendment right to free speech, which does violate court rules.
- And, you know, his his fight for the First Amendment is admirable.
- So I think the First Amendment is in very good shape.
- I think the state of First Amendment law is good in the country.
- People talk about First Amendment as though they've never read it.
Examples
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I agree with you that the First Amendment is broad and it protects his speech.
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Well, the First Amendment doesn't protect defamation.
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So I think the First Amendment is in very good shape.
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I think the state of First Amendment law is good in the country.
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This is my First Amendment right.
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Okay, my presentation is on the First Amendment.
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They'll be defending the First Amendment.
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Now why on earth would a man in my position want to hinder a journalist's First Amendment rights?
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Nothing's riding on this except the First Amendment of the Constitution... freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country.
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Many people are concerned about their First Amendment rights, about their right to protest.
Synonyms
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3.3
A law that protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition
Surface Forms
Morphology
Knowing 'first' and 'amendment' lets a B1 learner infer this is the first modification or addition (e.g., to a legal text), so the basic compositional idea is clear. However, the specific legal content—that it refers to the U.S. Constitution and guarantees particular freedoms (speech, religion, assembly, petition)—is not derivable from the words alone, making the full meaning unpredictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
First Amendment began as the very first item in a list of changes to the U.S. Constitution, so imagine the first line on an important list that protected people's right to speak, pray, write or publish, meet together, and ask the government for change. That's why First Amendment now stands for those key 'freedoms', especially 'freedom of speech' and the right to practice religion, which stop the government from limiting these rights.