1st Amendment

free speech

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2nd Amendment

right to bear arms

is responsible for creating a 'wall of separation' between church and state.

Thomas Jefferson argued that the First Amendment created a 'wall of separation' between. church and state.. The significance of Gitlow v. New York was . . .

is the source of explicit special protection for the media (while others see their rights merely as a composite right of freedom of expression).

While Justice Potter Stewart argued that the First Amendment provided explicit and special protection for the media, many justices do not distinguish between the speech and press guarantees, do not recognize any distinct press rights and consider, instead, a composite right of freedom of expression.

The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.

 makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

 mandates governmental neutrality, for government may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another...

is grounded in the notion that the right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.

 liberals are always claiming to be repressed in. I say let's do it. Let's repress them . . . Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.

[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ... Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.

is essential as it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint in the national debate that most demands its protection.

In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of the First Amendment. Whatever the better policy may be, a full and frank discussion of the costs and benefits of the attempt to prohibit the use of marijuana is far wiser than suppression of speech because it is unpopular.

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