"Of specific concern were his threats and insults directed toward journalists, arbitrary limitations on media access and comments in support of potential legal reforms that would weaken First Amendment protections," the statement reads.
A UN diplomat quoted by AP news agency said Russia had introduced amendments that watered the statement down so that it had no meaningful impact on the situation in Aleppo.
Mr. Sandlin argued that Mr. Ebbers waived his Fifth Amendment protection by delivering the statement defending his actions.
Americans tell pollsters they support separation of church and state, but then again 65 percent of respondents to a 2007 survey by the First Amendment Center agreed with the statement that "the nation's founders intended the United States to be a Christian nation," and 55 percent said they believed the Constitution actually established the country as a Christian nation.
Law professors say there is no clear answer as to whether Lerner may have waived her Fifth Amendment privilege by making the statement.
After identification of applicable studies, two of the authors, each independently, reviewed the protocols and their amendments, the ethics statements of the principal/national co-ordinating investigator, and participant-information documents.
He ruled that because the claim summed up information in the book, the First Amendment protected it, even though the statement was erroneous.
"We applaud the many courageous young Americans exercising their First Amendment rights today," according to the statement.
- Concerning the statement in Amendment No 32 by Mr Rack, Mrs Schleicher, Mrs Cederschiöld and Mr Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the EPP-ED Group, to the Duff/Voggenhuber report on an EU Charter for Fundamental Rights, our Group questions whether, under the present circumstances, it is still necessary for the Union to become a party to the ECHR.
On the question of church-state separation, at least, a majority of Americans do seem to get the gist: The First Amendment Center poll showed that 66 percent of Americans agree with the statement that the First Amendment requires it, wherever the concept may be found.
