https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/comstock-act-of-1873/
Comstock Act: Legislation on Obscenity and Morality | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
May 6, 2025 - The Comstock Act of 1873 made it illegal to send obscene material through the mail or to sell or possess an obscene book, pamphlet or drawing.
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https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2026-09-16/did-macklemores-ouster-violate-the-first-amendment-one-watchdog-says-maybe
Did Macklemore’s ouster violate the First Amendment? One watchdog says maybe. | GBH
Sep 17, 2026 - The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says the answer depends on whether publicly owned and operated stadiums played a role in his removal.
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https://www.acslaw.org/video/dei-and-the-first-amendment-ii/
DEI and the First Amendment II | ACS
Nov 5, 2025 - Eight months into President Trump's second term, right-wing operatives continue to target diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Through a growing web of...
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https://truthout.org/articles/the-first-amendment-could-provide-a-fresh-legal-approach-to-defending-abortion/
The First Amendment Could Provide a Fresh Legal Approach to Defending Abortion | Truthout
Jul 11, 2022 - Denial of abortion exemplifies theocratic or reactionary forces’ domination of the state, violating the First Amendment.
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https://petitions.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/petition/lets-have-common-sense-discussion-about-first-amendment-time-update-or-three/index.html
Let's have a common sense discussion about the FIRST AMENDMENT, time for an update, or ...three. |...
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https://courses.donaldcampbell.org/licensing-and-the-first-amendment-on-a-crash-course/
Licensing and the First Amendment: On a Crash Course – Donald Campbell
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https://english.dotdotnews.com/a/202510/03/AP68df752ae4b08d290538fbe5.html
Hollywood relaunches 'Committee for the First Amendment' in response to Trump's crackdown
More than 550 Hollywood figures, including Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda, announced on Wednesday the revival of the "First Amendment Committee," originally...
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https://firstamendmentwatch.org/tag/committee-for-the-first-amendment/
Committee for the First Amendment Archives - First Amendment Watch
View posts tagged as Committee for the First Amendment .
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https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2017/08/if-you-dont-believe-in-the-first-amendment-for-everybody-then-you-dont-believe-in-the-first-amendmen.html
If you don’t believe in the First Amendment for everybody, then you don’t believe in the First...
Aug 23, 2017 - If you don’t believe in the First Amendment for everybody, then you don’t believe in the First Amendment. One reaction
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/citizens-for-decent-literature/
Citizens for Decent Literature | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jul 10, 2024 - Citizens for Decent Literature worked to stop the sale of obscenity and filed briefs in anti-pornography cases. Non-obscene pornography is protected by the...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/miller-test/
Miller Test | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Mar 31, 2025 - The Miller Test is the primary legal test for determining whether expression constitutes obscenity. It is named after the Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v....
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https://www.bureaucountydemocrats.com/posts/protect-the-first-amendment
Protect the First Amendment! — Bureau County Democrats
While the country debates headlines, the scaffolding of dissent is being dismantled—quietly, deliberately, and in plain view. Journalists are being blocked...
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https://netchoice.org/a-primer-for-confused-conservatives-on-the-first-amendment-and-free-speech-on-social-media/
A Primer For CONFUSED Conservatives On The First Amendment And Free Speech On Social Media -...
Jun 15, 2022 - For those conservatives fully aware of how the First Amendment works and who still call for government action against Facebook, I just say: Cut it out. The...
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https://randazza.com/your-elected-officials-just-kicked-the-first-amendment-square-in-the-nuts/
Your Elected Officials Just Kicked the First Amendment Square in the Nuts. - Randazza Legal Group
Mar 13, 2012 - And don’t even think about whining about it. Source. Here’s the text of HR 347, the festering shitburger your government passed and your president signed....
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https://blogs.bgsu.edu/journalismlaw/tag/journalism/
» Journalism The First Amendment Rocks!
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/munro-v-socialist-workers-party/
Munro v. Socialist Workers Party (1986) | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jan 16, 2025 - Munro v. Socialist Workers Party (1986) considered whether ballot access restrictions placed on minor party candidates violated rights protected by the First...
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https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17930/3553
View of How Journalists Think About the First Amendment Vis-à-Vis Their Coverage of Hate Groups
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https://www.kvpr.org/2025-10-23/creator-of-app-that-tracked-ice-talks-about-its-removal-and-the-first-amendment
Creator of app that tracked ICE talks about its removal and the First Amendment
Oct 23, 2025 - ICEBlock, an app that could track ICE operations, has been pulled from Apple's App Store. Its creator Joshua Aaron tells NPR's Leila Fadel that government...
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https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=10448
Does The First Amendment Give You the Right To Disrupt A Church Service?
The First Amendment protects both freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but those rights do not give activists carte blanche to invade a church and take...
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https://thefirstamendment.org/
The First Amendment Project
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/warren-burger/
Warren Burger | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Mar 31, 2025 - Chief Justice Warren Burger introduced the Lemon test for determining whether government actions violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
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https://www.landmark-publications.org/2019/06/commercial-speech-and-first-amendment.html
LandMark Publications: Commercial Speech and the First Amendment
In June 2015, Defendant, San Francisco enacted the Ordinance, which requires that certain sugar-sweetened beverages advertisements ("SSB...
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https://www.fanelozman.com/the-first-amendment-foundation-announces-winners-of-its-2017-sunshine-awards/
The First Amendment Foundation’s 2017 Sunshine Awards Fane Lozman
Jan 31, 2022 - The nomination for the Pete Weitzel/Friend of the First Amendment Award was based on Lozman’s most recent case before the US Supreme Court.
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https://lwvmidlandarea.org/event/1351/
Event: "Watchdog of Democracy: Free Speech, Free Press, and the First Amendment" - League of Women...
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https://www.netcaucus.org/event/ai-speech-constitution/
AI, Speech, and the First Amendment: Where Are the Constitutional Lines? - Congressional Internet...
Sep 22, 2026 - AI, Speech, and the First Amendment: Where Are the Constitutional Lines? LISTEN Audio: AI, Speech, and the First Amendment: Where Are the Constitutional Lines?...
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https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/if-critical-race-theory-is-banned-are-teachers-protected-by-the-first-amendment/
If critical race theory is banned, are teachers protected by the First Amendment? | American...
Mark Walsh writes: “How much ‘academic freedom’ do K–12 teachers actually have to teach what they want? How far does the First Amendment go in shielding them?...
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https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/alter-the-first-amendment-to-protect-our-children
Alter the first amendment to protect our children | MoveOn
Under the First Amendment, sexual predators across the nation can legally use AI to generate child pornography. The protection of our nation's children...
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https://www.eff.org/press/releases/hearing-wednesday-national-security-letters-violate-first-amendment
Hearing Wednesday: National Security Letters Violate the First Amendment | Electronic Frontier...
Mar 20, 2017 - San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge an appeals court Wednesday to find that the FBI violates the First Amendment when it...
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https://knightcolumbia.org/reading-room/cdc-speech-policies?&page=5
The CDC's Employee Speech Policies | Knight First Amendment Institute
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https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/twitter-anonymity-first-amendment/
Twitter, Anonymity, and the First Amendment – Defending Rights & Dissent
Apr 13, 2017 - Does the First Amendment protect your right to tweet anonymously or “pseudonymously” (as the case is when one uses a twitter handle, but not their real name)?...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/viewpoint-discrimination/
Viewpoint Discrimination | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Apr 3, 2026 - Viewpoint discrimination occurs when the government singles out a particular opinion or perspective on that subject matter for treatment unlike that given to...
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https://www.unc.edu/posts/2018/08/20/message-from-carolina-on-the-first-amendment-and-free-speech-laws-and-policies/
Message from Carolina on the First Amendment and free speech laws and policies | UNC-Chapel Hill
Aug 21, 2018 - The free exchange of ideas is what makes ours a vibrant community, and we will continue to protect that right. At the same time, we are equally committed to...
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https://journals.library.wustl.edu/lawpolicy/article/id/1757/print/
| Filling the First Amendment Gap: Can Gideons Get Away with In-School Bible Distribution by...
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https://www.loebschool.org/our-first-amendment-awards-and-event
The First Amendment Honor and Event — Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications
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https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/government-and-business/individual-rights/is-the-first-amendment-enough/
Is the First Amendment Enough?
Sep 3, 2019 - From the attack on Charlie Hebdo to campus speech codes, it is clear that freedom of speech faces significant threats today. Unlike the rest of the world,...
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https://pacificlegal.org/exclusive-representation-violates-first-amendment/
Exclusive representation violates the First Amendment
May 31, 2024 - New York laws and regulations deem family daycare providers (individuals who operate daycare businesses in their homes) to be “public employees” and requires a...
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https://gayleague.com/in-support-of-the-first-amendment/
In Support Of The First Amendment | GAY LEAGUE
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https://www.mom-at-arms.com/post/virginia-sb-248-funding-gun-control-groups-with-taxpayer-money
Virginia SB 248: funding gun control groups with taxpayer money and killing off the first amendment
May 20, 2020 - Best way to keep the money flowing to local VA based gun control groups as they’re working it into the...
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https://wnanews.com/2019/10/25/first-amendment-judy-patrick/
It's time Americans stepped up and learned about the First Amendment
Oct 25, 2019 - Of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, only 71% of Americans can name at least one, according to a recent Freedom Forum Institute survey.
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https://gr8erdays.substack.com/p/jane-fonda-relaunches-committee-for/comments
Comments - Jane Fonda Relaunches Committee for the First Amendment to Counter Autocracy in the U.S.
Oct 14, 2025 - The action calls to mind a fateful flight in 1947 that featured a group of creatives pissed off by the antics of Sen. Joe McCarthy
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https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol28/iss2/12/
"Contracting Away the First Amendment?: When Courts Should Intervene in" by Abigail Stephens
By Abigail Stephens, Published on 05/01/20
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/commonwealth-v-sharpless-pa/
Commonwealth v. Sharpless (Pa) (1815) | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jul 2, 2024 - Commonwealth v. Sharpless (1815) led to the first obscenity prosecution in the United States. This case took place before First Amendment rights were extended...
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https://newyorkcentralpost.com/sen-ed-markey-wants-media-companies-to-fight-for-the-first-amendment/
Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight for the First Amendment - Newyork central post
Dec 11, 2025 - Today, I’m talking with Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and you’ll hear me start with the only question I think anyone should be asking any politician in the...
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https://www.humanartistrycampaign.com/rop-first-amendment
RIGHT OF PUBLICTY & THE FIRST AMENDMENT | Human Artistry Camp
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https://www.generationliberty.com/the-first-amendment/
The First Amendment | Generation Liberty
Sep 6, 2026 - The First Amendment lists five individual rights: religious liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the freedom to…
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https://www.iwp.edu/events/the-first-amendments-freedom-of-speech-is-it-worth-defending/
The First Amendment's Freedom of Speech: Is it Worth Defending? - The Institute of World Politics
You are cordially invited to a lecture on the topic of
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https://ulrnyu.org/the-first-amendment-implications-of-the-no-ai-fraud-act-an-overreaction-to-new-technologies
The First Amendment Implications of the No AI FRAUD ACT: An Overreaction to New Technologies — The...
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https://glitch.news/2018-07-16-bombshell-new-report-reveals-how-tech-giants-are-systematically-destroying-the-first-amendment.html
Bombshell new report reveals how tech giants are systematically destroying the First Amendment
On Monday, Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, in conjunction with Infowars, released a new report that outlines in stunning detail how the tech media...
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https://resist.bot/petitions/PCDHMA
States -Block Executive Overreach on Press Access — Protect the First Amendment — Sign & Send to...
States start working on Blocking Executive Overreach on Press Access — Protect the First Amendment Banning news networks from public spaces — including…
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https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1764/
"Smoking and the First Amendment" by Kevin Outterson
On June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. For the first time, Congress had given the Food...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/fortune-telling/
Fortune Telling | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jul 2, 2024 - Many cities have tried to limit fortune telling, contending that the practice amounts to attempted fraud. Fortune tellers argue that the regulations violate...
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https://www.musicalscalpel.com/tag/music-about-the-first-amendment/
music about the First Amendment Archives - Musical Scalpel
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https://www.r-calfusa.com/3015-2/
Does “Beef: It’s What’s For Dinner” violate the First Amendment? In Montana, a judge says yes -...
Jun 28, 2017 - Does “Beef: It’s What’s For Dinner” violate the First Amendment? In Montana, a judge says yes A state District Court hands independent ranchers a long-awaited...
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https://netchoice.org/netchoice-sues-ohio-to-protect-the-first-amendment-privacy-and-families-online/
NetChoice Sues Ohio to Protect the First Amendment, Privacy and Families Online - NetChoice
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https://contemporarythinkers.org/walter-berns/book/freedom-virtue-and-the-first-amendment/
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment - Walter Berns
Jan 11, 2015 - This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue...
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https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/e-cigarette-marketing-and-the-first-amendment/
E-Cigarette Marketing and the First Amendment - O'Neill : O'Neill
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https://averagebubba-unfiltered.com/first-amendment-religious-freedom-america/
GOING BACK: HOW AMERICA IS FORGETTING WHAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT ACTUALLY PROTECTED -...
May 24, 2026 - The First Amendment wasn't about removing God from public life. It protected freedom FROM government control OF religion. Here's what our ancestors died...
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https://www.ukessays.com/essays/religion/establishment-clause-of-the-first-amendment-name-religion-essay.php
Establishment Clause Of The First Amendment Name Religion Essay | UKEssays.com
The first amendment of the American constitution comprise of two clauses. The first one is the establishment clause and the second one is the free exercise...
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https://oceanstatecurrent.com/opposition-to-the-first-amendment/
Opposition to the First Amendment -
Nov 8, 2021 - December 21, 2017 - 1st Amendment opponent @williamjfischer wants to end Constitutional protection of political speech. He's said so in so many words....
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/issue-advocacy/
Issue Advocacy | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jul 2, 2024 - Issue advocacy refers to advertising on public issues unregulated by political campaign finance laws. Laws regulating issue advocacy have had mixed results in...
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https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/missouri-v-biden--the-first-amendment
Missouri v. Biden + The First Amendment | Childrens Health Defense
Missouri V. Biden — a legal case with society-wide implications. Catherine Austin Fitts, Polly Tommey and Carolyn Betts look deeper into this censorship-related
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https://www.fresnostatenews.com/2016/11/01/campus-forum-on-the-first-amendment-and-free-speech-today/
Campus forum on the First Amendment and Free Speech today - Fresno State News
Nov 2, 2016 - The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech Forum, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 [...]
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https://ablawfl.com/does-the-first-amendment-apply-to-condominiums/
Does the First Amendment Apply to Condominiums? | Arias Bosinger Lacquaniti
A common question asked by our clients is what can be done to stop unit owners from publishing false, negative, or harassing posts about the condominium...
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https://scholars.depaul.edu/en/publications/the-first-amendment-religion-clauses-in-the-united-states-supreme/
The First Amendment Religion Clauses in the United States Supreme Court - DePaul University...
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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/wolff-v-mcdonnell/
Wolff v. McDonnell (1974) | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jul 2, 2024 - Wolff v. McDonnell (1974) said prisoners can receive confidential attorney correspondence, but the correspondence can be opened to ensure that the letters...
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https://brechner.jou.ufl.edu/2019/06/11/frank-lomonte-comments-on-student-newspapers-and-the-first-amendment/
Frank LoMonte Comments on Student Newspapers and the First Amendment - Brechner Center for Freedom...
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https://www.nacle.com/Connecticut/CT-CLE/Courses/Attorney-Discipline-the-First-Amendment-and-YOU-2256
NACLE | Attorney Discipline, the First Amendment and YOU!
This CLE Course is available to attorneys licensed in a variety of states as well as paralegals and other professionals. Our courses are available on CDs,...
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https://www.scientologyvallas.hu/blog/world-press-freedom-day-and-the-first-amendment.html
World Press Freedom Day and the First Amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the...
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https://www.theblaze.com/contributions/the-first-amendment-doesnt-care-if-muslims-are-offended
The First Amendment Doesn't Care If Muslims Are Offended | Blaze Media
Jun 18, 2020 - If you can offend someone into violent action, you place all the power of censorship in the hands of the listener.
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https://law.pepperdine.edu/law-review/volume-39/saving-the-first-amendment-from-itself.htm
Saving the First Amendment from Itself: Relief from the Sherman Act Against the Rabbinic Cartels |...
Saving the First Amendment from Itself: Relief from the Sherman Act Against the Rabbinic Cartels
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