Sentences with phrase «amendment protected»

«Taken in the aggregate, ALPR data can paint an intimate portrait of a driver's life and even chill First Amendment protected activity,» the EFF stated in an analysis of the issue.

Hunter refused, arguing that his blog constituted First Amendment protected speech and therefore, a disclaimer limiting his speech rights was unconstitutional.

A - as long as you have the ability to consider non-sixth amendment protected reasons (such as policy considerations, deterence, future dangerousness etc.), then the maximum sentence for Apprendi purposes is the statutory maximum, and the judge can use any fact or hypotheses he wants to raise the sentence anywhere to the statutory maximum.

Wired posted the video in order to report on government recruiting efforts; the video's dissemination is part of that First - Amendment protected discussion, whether it happens on or off government websites.

Stewart concluded that the First Amendment protected all obscenity except for hard - core pornography, which he declined to define.

Because the impact of pornography occurs through the mediation of an audience witnessing a performance, rather than an audience receiving physical services from a performer, pornography and its making qualify as First - Amendment protected speech.

The second article linked asserts this is a first amendment protected right.

By their definitions, solicitors request things of value, and peddlers engage in commerce: canvassers engage in First Amendment protected activities, including disseminating commercial information (but not making sales).

That is the definition of First Amendment protected free speech.»

«Your honor this is classic First Amendment protected speech.

In her opinion, Trauger noted that the issue of whether the First Amendment protected casting decisions appeared to be a matter of first impression.

App.: Words that incite a dog's attack are not First - Amendment protected)

She adds the law is too broad and will infringe on First Amendment protected speech for adults and children.

I explained that while the First Amendment protected him from being arrested by the government for calling his boss names and undermining his boss's authority, my friend still had to face the consequences of those words from his private employer, which could in fact result in his termination.

Jurors didn't buy arguments that the First Amendment protected Gawker's right to humiliate random celebrities by publishing video of their most intimate moments.

«The Fifth Amendment protects individuals against saying anything, testimony or statements, that could incriminate them,» says Paul Bond, who is also a partner at Reed Smith.

While the First Amendment protects the right to speech and assembly for even the most heinous groups and ideas, it does not protect speech if it calls for and is likely to lead to «imminent lawless action.»

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

In addition to the state law declaring the quad a public area, the First Amendment protects the right of journalists to report in public spaces, and the «right» to define your own private or «safe» space doesn't trump that.

Kashuv has never touched a gun, he told me, but said, «I am super conservative on the Second Amendment because I realize that the Second Amendment protects all the other amendments.»

But the First Amendment protects everybody, and you can't say that we are going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement,» Bloomberg said, citing the section of the Constitution that promises freedom of speech.

The First Amendment protects religious groups from being singled out.

People believe what they want to believe in and the first amendment protects them from you trying to force them to believe what you want them to do.

«The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,» said Jim Manley, a Reid spokesman.

The first amendment protects your religious freedom, not your imposition of religion on your employees.

Even if the point is granted that the Second Amendment protects a personal right to bear arms, it must be recognized that no civil right is absolute.

Dana, I don't NEED to spend my time here on this board arguing over con law, either, but the 1st Amendment protects my ability to do it.

Just as the 1st Amendment protects your freedom to believe in what ever religion you wish — no matter how ridiculous — it gives Bill Nye the right to speak his mind and present his belief in science.

In the celebrated case New York Times v. Sullivan, the U.S. Supreme Court held «the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of their truth or falsity).»

Thank you Jed, the 2nd Amendment protects the 1st Amendment, because, the 2nd Amendment was created to protect citizens FROM the government.

Yes, the First Amendment protects these views.

The First Amendment protects a person right to say what might offend others, whether it is intended to offend or not.

Go join your state militia that the 2nd Amendment protects in spite of what the Supreme Court says.

The point is that the 1st Amendment protects us from government endorsement of religion, and having a government agent standing on government property on government time issuing religious instructions is a crystal clear violation of it.

The First Amendment protects our freedom of speech; it does not protect us from the consequences of the things we say.

Can a constitutional amendment protecting unrestricted right to abortion be justified in view of traditional church teaching, common law and 19th - century state laws that condemn abortion?

This amendment protects a few, but the principle has already gone.

«There is no ambiguity in the law here — the First Amendment protects speech — it does not protect the use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space.»

And in January, following Trump's inauguration, he proposed a state constitutional amendment protecting a woman's right to choose, recognizing the threat to women posed by the Trump administration.

In an address to the conservative Federalist Society, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito defended his stance on the issue by arguing, «Surely the idea that the First Amendment protects only certain privileged voices should be disturbing to anybody who believes in free speech.»

When a political party defines the organization and composition of its governing units, when it decides what candidates to endorse, and when it decides whether and how to communicate those endorsements to the public, it is engaged in the kind of private expressive associational activity that the First Amendment protects.

The First Amendment protects free speech.

The First Amendment protects the freedom to join together to further common political beliefs, id., at 214 - 215, which presupposes the freedom to identify those who constitute the

«The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech?»

The editorial went on to note that Collins» bill runs counter to the thoughts of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative icon who made clear in his ruling that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to bear arms that states can put limits on that right.

Earlier Friday, the Democrat - led Assembly passed amendments protecting religious groups that oppose gay marriage from discrimination lawsuits, measures that Saland worked hard to insert in the bill and that helped win his support.

«The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,» spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement.

Basically transportation groups, unions and a variety of state and local leaders are trying to make the case that people want a constitutional amendment protecting transportation money.

Ironically, the First Amendment protects symbolic language, even rude gestures such as «the finger.»

Meanwhile, conservatives pressed for a constitutional amendment protecting prayer in public schools...