free speech
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of free speech
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Guzman, a former law school dean who became provost in 2023, faced similar tests over protests and free speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In a period defined by government crackdowns on free speech, technological data mining and increasing 1st Amendment lawsuit filings, workshop attendees may use samizdat as a means of subversion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
As a platform, all it did was "host a forum where users could post creative and ingenious content within the scope of free speech," it told the court.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I find it absolutely remarkably insane that journalists are still latching onto something, someone who has given people free speech in this country,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In fact, the Virginia Resolutions described the Alien and Sedition Acts as “alarming infractions” of the Constitution that violated the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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