U.S. Rep. John Lewis: A First Amendment Champion

U.S. Rep. John Lewis: A First Amendment Champion

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By Gene Policinski, The Freedom Forum

WHENEVER THE FIRST AMENDMENT’S 45 words ring out, whenever a voice for justice seizes our attention by using its core freedoms to power our democracy, John Lewis will be there.

Lewis, 80, iconic civil right hero, longtime Georgia congressman, pugnacious fighter for voting rights, courageous Freedom Rider and selfdescribed seeker of “good trouble” in the cause of…