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Early History of the First Amendment…part 2

Posted on March 7, 2012 by J.Paul

This is an extraordinary freedom and privilegethat is but based on fourteen words in our Constitution: the free expression clauses of the First Amendment. But the freedom we now take for granted did not take hold when the First Amendment … Continue reading →

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Very early history about the First Amendment

Posted on March 5, 2012 by J.Paul

The American commitment to freedom of speech and press is the more remarkable because it emerged from – political origins that were highly restrictive and repressive. The colonists who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the seventeenth century came from an … Continue reading →

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