The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and… — Deborah K. Ross Copy Share Image
“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment, but I think that the national… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what… — Jenny The Jawbreaker Copy Share Image
I love the First Amendment. Nobody loves it better than me. Nobody. I mean, who uses it more than I do? — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
And, you know, in my opinion, when the FBI uses these sources, there are a lot of internal guidelines on how they… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this week whether banning cross burning by groups like the Klu Klux Klan violates the… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The First Amendment to the Constitution says government can't establish a religion, but neither can it limit the exercise of religion. And… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
If I had been the drummer for the Grassroots, it probably wouldn't have cut me to the core when I heard John… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“each is inherently expansive and evangelistic.” The abortion mandate firestorm isn’t dying down – and it shouldn’t. This is government overreach at… — Floyd G Brown Copy Share Image
The First Amendment, however, does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and… — Nancy Kassebaum Copy Share Image
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
If a corporation can express opinions and be protected in doing so by the First Amendment, then there's no reason logically one… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
