How the First Amendment applies to life in America has often been disputed.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

The employer is the one who applies for it.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Monday's ruling said that right applies also to state and local gun control laws.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The ban applies to a type of transaction known as "naked short-selling."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The high court ruling says the right to have a handgun for self defense is a fundamental right under the Second Amendment to the U.S.Constitution and applies to state and local jurisdictions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

That applies to everyone in the process."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25