Charles Haynes is a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center, a group that studies free expression issues.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

It's subsequently seen as one of the precursors of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.

后来它被看作是美国宪法,第一修正案的前身。

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On the other hand, what most of us rely upon I think is essentially the first amendment tradition.

另一方面，我们大多数人遵循的,说到底还是美国第一修正案的传统。

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He said that the First Amendment works by "building a wall of separation between church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

This is the part of the Republic most likely to call up our own first amendment instincts.

理想国》的这一部份,是最像唤起,我国宪法第一修正案的天性的章节。

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Those words are part of the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of expression and other rights.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

It must certainly apply to matters of opinion to what we would call today First Amendment issues.

它必须能适用于关乎民意的事件,就像今天的第一修正案事件一样。

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The Supreme Court has heard many cases that test the meaning of the First Amendment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Later cases ruled that teaching religious creation stories in public schools violates the First Amendment of the Constitution that calls for separation of church and state.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

But school officials under the First Amendment may not take sides in religion."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

How the First Amendment applies to life in America has often been disputed.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees free speech and a free press.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The first amendment to the United States Constitution reads Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof The idea is to keep governmental powers independent from private religious beliefs.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

The first was the Thirteenth Amendment.

VOA: special.2010.02.04