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First Amendment - Government Retaliation for Protected Expression Topic of White Paper From CRS
July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11338) on July 10, 2025, by attorney-adviser Eric N. Holmes:

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First Amendment: Government Retaliation for Protected Expression

The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment provides that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." The clause applies to any government action, whether federal, state, o . . .

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