Sentences with phrase «free amendments so»

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«After 30 years of the so - called conservative leaders who have been elected by evangelicals, none of them thought to advocate for the repeal of the Johnson amendment, giving evangelical leaders political free speech,» Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University president and early Trump endorser, toldTime magazine.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the «negative right» to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment does not prevent individuals from being coerced into obeying laws of general applicability when doing so violates their religious beliefs.

So did U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who on December 9 rejected the archdiocese's claim that WMATA's refusal to post the ad violated its First Amendment right of free speech.

Not because the second amendment say so but because I am a free man.

Lincoln knows his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation will be all but gutted by the courts once the war concludes, and works quickly to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to ensure slaves already freed will remain so.

The twin principles upon which rests the so - called Solomon Amendment [to the fiscal 1983 Defense Department authorization bill, passed last year], which denies federal assistance to students who fail to register for a potential military draft, are these: It is the first priority of our federal government to preserve freedom and national security, and it is the primary responsibility of free citizens to obey the laws that are necessary to guarantee...

They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a right to free and edgy speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate education.

A government spokeswoman did not comment directly on the reasons why some parents failed to register their children for free school meals but said: «The Department for Education already has a tool to enable parents to check for eligibility for free school meals, so we don't believe it's necessary for this amendment to be added to the bill at this stage.»

1st amendment states right of free speech, so this book shows the practice of this amendment.

Fighting words claim upheld: Arrestee's speech when crowd gathered near fallen tree that had blocked traffic constituted unprotected fighting words, so that his arrest under city disorderly conduct ordinance did not violate his First Amendment free speech rights; arrestee's repeated use of the word «bitch,» his accusation of matricide directed toward his sister, his use of the phrase «fucking queer,» his pushing of third party and his raised voice all tended to show that his conduct, under the circumstances, had tendency to provoke physical altercation.

What will then suffer is the historically central function of the First Amendment, which is simply to ensure that those who wish to speak on matters of political and social controversy are free to do so.

So the Amendment can be seen as either an all - but - inviolable protection of the specific freedoms enumerated within, or as a general get - out - of - jail - free card that can be voided as community interests demand.

While it is true, of course, that this Court is free to reexamine for itself the evidentiary bases upon which rest decisions that allegedly impair or punish the exercise of Fourteenth Amendment freedoms, this does not mean that we are, of necessity, always, or even usually, compelled to do so.