The phrase "longstanding speech" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a particular style or manner of speaking that has existed for a long time and may be deeply ingrained in a culture or community. Example: The tribal elder delivered his address in the traditional, longstanding speech, passing down the stories and legends of their ancestors to the younger generation.
In a tobacco advertising case from Massachusetts, the court invalidated the advertising restrictions while finding no need to revisit its longstanding approach to commercial speech.
It was a wise extension of a longstanding judicial tradition to protect speech that, in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy, "many citizens may find shabby, offensive or even ugly".
"Anonymous speech is a longstanding American right," said Paul Alan Levy of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, a Washington organization that has defended anonymous commenters who have been sued by companies and politicians.
We are also proud of our longstanding tradition of freedom of speech and the robust range of views and debates on our campus".
And how enthusiastic it will be about slapping down disinformation ideologies — given its longstanding position as a free speech champion, and in the face of criticism that it is 'censoring' certain viewpoints.
But such inefficiency is no longer necessary, thanks to the Supreme Courts 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which cemented the idea of political spending as free speech, eliminating a longstanding ban on corporate political spending and effectively ending limits on how much individuals can give to PACs as well.
"These are entirely typical matters in apportioning direct costs for facilitating student events and, given our longstanding commitment to robust free speech, there is never such thing as a fine for any group because of its views," Columbia spokesman Robert Hornsby said in a statement to HuffPost.
In a June 10 valedictory speech tapping into longstanding U.S. resentment of what it sees as Europe's lack of military muscle, Gates said the Libyan effort had further exposed limitations, with an air operations center designed to handle more than 300 sorties a day struggling to launch about 150.
The Obama administration's initiative is in one sense a new front in a longstanding diplomatic push to defend free speech and nurture democracy.
Even Iranian participants in the conference, co-sponsored by Iran and the United Nations, privately wondered at their government's motive for allowing such a speech, even given its longstanding antagonism toward Israel.
The film, a sequel to Mr. Six's cult hit "The Human Centipede (First Sequence)" that IFC Films will release in the United States on Friday, is an unlikely entry in a longstanding debate about censorship and free speech, and what limits, if any, should be placed on what cinema can depict.
