Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting,… — George Will Copy Share Image
Between being praised and persecuted condoned and condemned I might understandably have become bewildered particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed… — Vashti McCollum Copy Share Image
If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of… — United States Congress Copy Share Image
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates scapegoats in Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
As a sitting federal judge, I am bound by the Supreme Court's current First Amendment caselaw, and I would apply the binding… — Ketanji Brown Jackson 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
I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Disturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Let them all believe whatever they want. It is pointless to go on radio shows and wrangle over mystical claims. However, such… — James A. Haught Copy Share Image
In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State…Otherwise the state and religion… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“I believe in the right to offend. To insult. Even to horrify. It’s not that we’re supposed to enjoy it; it’s that… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise… — Ronald L. Buckwalter Copy Share Image
The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Founders made it clear that this was not to be a sky-god nation with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
