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Meaning of "First Amendment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT

First Amendment  [fɜːst əˈmɛndmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIRST AMENDMENT

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First Amendment is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

First Amendment

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was originally proposed as a measure to assuage Anti-Federalist opposition to Constitutional ratification. Initially, the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress, and many of its provisions were interpreted more narrowly than they are today. Beginning with Gitlow v. New York, the Supreme Court applied the First Amendment to states—a process known as incorporation—through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Everson v. Board of Education, the Court drew on Founding Father Thomas Jefferson's correspondence to call for "a wall of separation between church and State", though the precise boundary of this separation remains in dispute.

Definition of First Amendment in the English dictionary

The definition of First Amendment in the dictionary is the First Amendment in the US the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIRST AMENDMENT


amendment
əˈmɛndmənt
astoundment
əˈstaʊndmənt
attendement
əˈtendmənt
attendment
əˈtendmənt
bombardment
ˌbɒmˈbɑːdmənt
commandment
kəˈmɑːndmənt
disbandment
dɪsˈbændmənt
embedment
ɪmˈbɛdmənt
impoundment
ɪmˈpaʊndmənt
intendment
ɪnˈtɛndmənt
needment
ˈniːdmənt
oddment
ˈɒdmənt
reamendment
ˌriːəˈmɛndmənt
refundment
rɪˈfʌndmənt
remandment
rɪˈmɑːndmənt
rescindment
rɪˈsɪndmənt
secondment
sɪˈkɒndmənt
unfoldment
ʌnˈfəʊldmənt
weldment
ˈweldmənt
withholdment
wɪðˈhəʊldmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIRST AMENDMENT

First Amendment of the Constitution
first and last
First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
First and Second Manassas
first base
first blood
first born
first cab off the rank
first cause
first class
first couple
first cousin
first degree
first degree murder
first derivative
first edition
First Empire
First Epistle of John

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIRST AMENDMENT

advertisement
agreement
apartment
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comment
defraudment
department
development
document
element
employment
enfoldment
engagement
entertainment
environment
Equal Rights Amendment
equipment
Fifth Amendment
infoldment
retardment

Synonyms and antonyms of First Amendment in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «First Amendment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT

Find out the translation of First Amendment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of First Amendment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «First Amendment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第一修正案
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primera Enmienda
570 millions of speakers

English

First Amendment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पहले संशोधन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التعديل الأول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Первая поправка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primeira Emenda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রথম সংশোধনী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

premier amendement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pindaan Pertama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

First Amendment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

憲法修正第一条
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헌법 수정 제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amandemen pisanan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sửa đổi đầu tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதல் திருத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रथम दुरुस्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birinci Değişiklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

primo Emendamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pierwsza Poprawka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перша поправка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

primul Amendament
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πρώτη Τροπολογία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerste Wysiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Första tillägget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

First Amendment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of First Amendment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRST AMENDMENT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRST AMENDMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about First Amendment

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10 QUOTES WITH «FIRST AMENDMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word First Amendment.
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Floyd Abrams
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Floyd Abrams
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.
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Floyd Abrams
There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.
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Lionel Barber
In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York Times' - coupled with the favourable Supreme Court rulings on publication of the Pentagon Papers - were landmarks for the interpretation of First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press.
5
John Perry Barlow
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
6
Roy Barnes
The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.
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Julian Bond
The First Amendment means everything to me.
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Julian Bond
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.
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James L. Buckley
As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit on individual contributions on the ground that the need to avoid the appearance of corruption justified this limited constraint on speech.
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Michael Chabon
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRST AMENDMENT»

Discover the use of First Amendment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to First Amendment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The First Amendment book
Explains the origin and history of the First Amendment, discussing its guarantee of freedom of the press, tracing its evolution, and containing firsthand accounts of press freedom challenges by top newspaper editors
Robert J. Wagman, 1991
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First Amendment Institutions
Addressing a host of hot-button issues, Horwitz argues that rigidly doctrinal interpretation renders First Amendment law inept in the face of messy, real-world situations.
Paul Horwitz, 2012
3
Saving Our Children from the First Amendment
While the great value of the First Amendment is found in its protection of our most important political freedoms, this is far more significant for adults, who can fully grasp and benefit from the freedom of expression, than for children.
Kevin W. Saunders, 2003
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Brandishing the First Amendment: Commercial Expression in ...
Tamara R. Piety argues that increasingly expansive First Amendment protections for commercial speech imperil public health, safety, and welfare; the reliability of commercial and consumer information; the stability of financial markets; and ...
Tamara Piety, 2012
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Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers -- and ordinary citizens -- can print or say. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Anthony Lewis, 2011
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The First Amendment in Cross-cultural Perspective: A ...
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., compares the First Amendment with free speech law in Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom—countries that are all considered modern democracies but have radically different understandings of what ...
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, 2006
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The First Amendment in Schools: A Guide from the First ...
Provides educators with answers to ninety questions on the First Amendment, covering such issues as school prayer, holidays, student groups, censorship, speech, dress codes, and the Internet.
Charles C. Haynes, 2003
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Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment
An eminent litigator cites recent events that have challenged America's freedom of expression, recounting eight landmark cases in order to highlight the importance of protecting the nation's constitutional right to free speech.
Floyd Abrams, 2006
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Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the ...
It was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-First amendment. This book collects all available state records relating to the amendment's ratification by those state conventions.
Everett Somerville Brown, 1938
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Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace: What You ...
Examines the ways the First Amendment affects libraries and the electronic environment in libraries, and explores rights and responsibilites of libraries in the areas of censorship and information access.
Robert S. Peck, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRST AMENDMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term First Amendment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do you know what First Amendment stands for?
Just 14 percent of respondents knew freedom of the press was a First Amendment right last year, and that dropped to 10 percent this year. «Livingston Daily, Jul 15»
2
Supreme Court Decides Two First Amendment Cases
Two recent Supreme Court decisions provide timely guidance on the First Amendment implications of publicly displaying the Confederate Flag ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
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Why the GOP has the First Amendment upside-down
One entertaining aspect of recent dramatic Supreme Court rulings was learning that the court's high-minded intellectuals can be just as ... «Lamar Ledger, Jul 15»
4
First Amendment claims pile up against PA teachers union
FREE SPEECH: The Pennsylvania Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, is under fire for perceived First Amendment rights ... «Watchdog.org, Jul 15»
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GOP Pushes First Amendment Defense Act After Same-Sex …
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Sen. Mike Lee's office about his First Amendment Defense Act bill, which would protect people who find ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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Tammy Baldwin: First Amendment Foe
Her record on freedom of speech and the First Amendment indicate a disturbing hostility to the First Amendment, one which not only Wisconsin ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
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Five Fundamental First Amendment Freedoms in Five Minutes
That's a startling finding in the 2015 State of the First Amendment Survey, a project sponsored by the Newseum Institute. Since the question ... «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Do you know what First Amendment stands for?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of ... «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
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Forget the First Amendment: Silencing Christian voices in America
July 9, 2015 (BreakPoint) -- In 2013, Rachel Bowman-Cryer visited Sweet Cakes by Melissa, a bakery in Portland, Oregon, to order a wedding ... «Lifesite, Jul 15»
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Firing of lesbian Catholic school teacher raises First Amendment
While at first it may seem like a clear-cut instance of a religious institution's First Amendment right to hire — associate — only with those who ... «The College Fix, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. First Amendment [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/first-amendment>. Apr 2024 ».
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