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​The language is unequivocal.

The range of activities protected by the First Amendment is broad. Its placement as the first of ten amendments to the Constitution is a clear sign of how central to the American way of life the Founders viewed our freedom to worship, speak, report, protest and petition the government.

We live in a time, however, when even the unequivocal can be equivocated … narrowed … abridged … a circle of freedom shrinking to a pinpoint. Provocative speakers are banned from campuses or physically harassed into silence. Members of Congress propose misguided attempts to regulate online speech. And people who contribute to controversial causes – left and right, political and religious – are targeted for shaming, punishment, defunding and firing.

LATEST  ACTIONS

03/23/23: PROTECT THE 1ST (AMICUS BRIEF) CITED IN IN NINTH CIRCUIT’S OAK FLAT HEARING
03/07/23: PROTECT THE 1ST ASKS HHS TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY DOCTORS WILL LEAVE PROFESSION AS A RESULT OF WATERED-DOWN PROTECTIONS OF RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
03/02/23: PROTECT THE FIRST TO SCOTUS: SIDEWALK PREACHER CASE IS AN “EXCELLENT VEHICLE” TO RESOLVE PUBLIC FORUM SPEECH ISSUE
01/19/23: FORMER U.S. SEN. RICK SANTORUM AND PROTECT THE 1ST TELL SUPREME COURT THAT CURTAILING SECTION 230 WOULD HARM AMERICANS’ FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS