first amendment of the constitution

• Your Letters: Ten Commandments

A formula for religion in school The opening of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

• Roanoke Times & World News
• February 07, 2011

• Day of Prayer Embraces First Amendment of the Constitution

TO THE EDITORS: In the national news section of April 16, the article on national prayer bothered me.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• May 07, 2010

• Your Views

Interpreting freedom of speech The First Amendment to the Constitution assures our right to freedom of speech. In my opinion, and what appears plausible, flag burning or burning a Bible or Quran should not be considered a part of that freedom. It is an act, not a verbal statement. Therefore it should be treated as an act of violence.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• April 13, 2011

• Cole County Circuit Judge: Missouri's New Ethics Law Unconstitutional

Missouri's latest round of ethics laws is unconstitutional in more ways than one, a circuit judge ruled. In an order released Thursday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green said the state law passed last year violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• April 07, 2011

• Judge: Missouri's New Ethics Law Unconstitutional

Missouri's latest round of ethics laws is unconstitutional in more ways than one, a circuit judge ruled. In an order released Thursday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green said the state law passed last year violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• April 08, 2011

• Cole County Circuit Judge Finds New Ethics Law Unconstitutional

Missouri's latest round of ethics laws is unconstitutional in more ways than one, a circuit judge ruled. In an order released Thursday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green said the state law passed last year violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• April 10, 2011

• Protect Rights by Understand What They Are

Can you name the five rights and freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? Sadly, not many of the people asked in the 2011 State of the First Amendment national survey could do so. The first step to protecting our rights is understanding them and recognizing their source. The less we know, the easier it would be for the government to water down, if not take away, those rights.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 17, 2011

• Delaware Senate Candidate Exemplifies Ignorance

CONGRESS shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." - from the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. That's for Christine O'Donnell.

• Charleston Gazette
• October 27, 2010

• Free Speech Expert Abrams to Speak at Law Day Luncheon

As far as attorney Floyd Abrams is concerned, there were very good reasons why the framers of the U.S. Constitution dedicated their First Amendment to the issue of free speech. Free speech and a free press were "top priorities" for Thomas Jefferson and other founders of the nation, Abrams said.

• Buffalo News
• April 25, 2011

• Mayor

To the Editor: The Constitution of this great nation began with the statement, "We the people." The First Amendment of this Constitution protects the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. On May 10, 2011, a member of our local government addressed a group of citizens, assembled at a City Council meeting to participate in the decision making process of the city of Petersburg.

• Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va.
• May 25, 2011