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Change from “Is” to “Was”

With the upcoming deportations based on criticism of Israel, the first amendment is no longer valid, and has to be shown as such on the page. 2806:2F0:A0C1:FCC3:225D:DFF:FE1B:5350 (talk) 21:17, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are many reasons why this edit request will not be completed, but the most important reason is that consensus must be establish before implementing this change. ZergTwo (talk) 03:54, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question regarding short description

Idk if I'm being a casual regarding law, but aren't the rights protected under the First Amendment civil LIBERTIES and NOT civil rights? This should be fixed if my questions are correct. Thank you. -1ctinus📝🗨 12:40, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've always thought of the terms as synonymous, and it is part of what's commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights Jameson Nightowl (talk) 23:16, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article review

It has been a whilee since this was reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

There's uncited text, including entire paragraphs.
The article has lots of block quotes. These should be written in summary style or reduced in size to its most important aspects.
At over 14,000 words, this article is too detailed and WP:TOOBIG. I suggest that text be spun out, summarised more effectively, or removed.
Heritage Foundation is used twice as a source, which is considered unreliable on English Wikipedia. This citation should be replaced or its text removed.

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:25, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

President of the U.S.A. Advisor:: 1st Amendment simply what it says.

u.S. Georgian Calendar: State and National Holiday Events. Government Do not Campaign on what it is( free exercise thereof). Just enjoy it. Example: Christmas & New Year’s Eve . 12 midnight has a curfew for underage. Their are Restrictions to Freedom. Just remember A person’s place and thing. And Bill of Rights(write). The rule of law. Religion is a thing of the pasta dishes We evolve for the better of worse. Like Incest marriage, respect it. Because it’s the plants and animals. So a building of the past History. Let’s say a church church. Thank you. 2603:800C:4B00:250:D017:32C7:4222:B4D6 (talk) 06:33, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: Religion is the thing of the past. Oet’s Say a Church building. 2603:800C:4B00:250:D017:32C7:4222:B4D6 (talk) 06:43, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proof read:Let’s Oet’s(OET) Occupational English Test. 2603:800C:4B00:250:D017:32C7:4222:B4D6 (talk) 07:15, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Example: mistakes :

as its right (write) parentheses. 2603:800C:4B00:250:D017:32C7:4222:B4D6 (talk) 06:48, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]