When Thomas Jefferson and his fellow Founding Fathers composed the First Amendment in defence of free speech, this probably isn't the sort of thing they were thinking of.
Toulouse restored their six-point lead and their equilibrium even if they did not seem that bothered about scoring the first try in defence of their European crown.
Clint Eastwood has spoken for the first time in defence of his widely mocked address at the Republican national convention, stating that the "unorthodox" approach of chastising an empty chair went down well with delegates in the hall.
County champions Durham will travel to promoted Northants for the first game in defence of their title.
On 21 May 1944, Hartmann engaged United States Army Air Forces aircraft in Reichsverteidigung for the first time in defence of the Ploiești oilfields.
The third step in defence of the denial of rights to children is to provide reassurance that such a denial is not bad for children.
"We always mark like that but it's just that we have got get our head on the ball first," said Platt, in defence of City's zonal system.
Sinn Féin members have gathered to hear Northern Ireland's deputy first minister speak in defence of Gerry Adams, who has been arrested in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.
And here is the first of two unanswerable propositions in defence of Mourinho's approach: on their own turf, at San Siro, his side had beaten Barcelona 3-1 a week earlier with a display of incisive, progressive counterattacking football that would have delighted Brian Clough.
It is not like Occupy Wall Street but there is a grassroots movement to take to the streets on July 4 in defence of the Fourth Amendment called Restore The Fourth Amendment and it grew out of Reddit.
