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Inside the First Amendment

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By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center vice president/executive director

WASHINGTON — On his first day in office, President Barack Obama signed a directive to make government records more open to the public, capping an election year in which the First Amendment was front and center — and also out front and central.

On Inauguration Day, the amendment’s 45 words loomed large over the Pennsylvania Avenue presidential parade…

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