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The Long, Sometimes Painful History of the First Amendment

A timeline of contentious Supreme Court decisions on the freedom of speech and assembly

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August 18, 2010

"I want my First Amendment rights back, which I can't have on radio without the threat of attack on my advertisers and stations."

- DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER,talk-show host, on quitting radio after being criticized for using racial slurs on the air
June 16, 2009

"We think this creates very serious problems for the First Amendment."

- DANIEL L. JAFFE,executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers, on Congress's tobacco regulation

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