freedom of speech
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freedom of speech - a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

civil right - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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freedom of speech (redirected from Right to dissent)

freedom of speech
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