any government action limiting freedom of speech is an infringement of the U.S. Constitution
Recent Examples on the WebTaliban leaders initially condemned the strike as an infringement of the Doha Agreement between the Islamic terrorist organization and the U.S. Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 Beijing claims the self-ruling democracy of 24 million people as its territory, and viewed her visit as an infringement of its sovereignty. Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022 The Taliban, knee-deep in a humanitarian emergency both of their own and the Biden administration’s making, denounced the strike as an infringement of Afghan sovereignty. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Lawsuits against many, if not all, of the bills are expected, with several gun ownership groups citing the policies as an infringement on 2nd Amendment rights. Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 The law was mainly meant to rein in the use of the Russian language, but for the conservative Hungarian community where many still learn, and pray, almost exclusively in Hungarian, the law was seen as an unfair infringement on constitutional rights.New York Times, 16 June 2022 The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, an organization of evangelical Christian institutions, denounced the lawsuit as an infringement on religious freedoms. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2022 There was no bodyguard with them; Empain had always refused close protection as an infringement on his privacy. Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022 Schools have become a flashpoint in the covid response, with some parents objecting to mask requirements as an infringement on personal liberty and others reluctant to put their children near any potential risks.Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INFRINGEMENT | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤alleged被指稱的侵犯▸➤possible可能的侵權▸➤copyright, patent, trademark侵犯著作權/專利權/商標權▸➤serious嚴重的侵犯▸➤minor輕微的觸犯➤unconstitutional (especially NAmE) 違憲侵權VERB + INFRINGEMENT➤be, constitute是侵權;構成侵權◇The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委員會裁定美國的禁令對自由貿易構成了侵犯。➤commit (especially BrE) 觸犯⋯◇sympathy for people who commit minor infringements對輕微觸犯法規者的同情PHRASES➤an infringement of copyright, an infringement of the law對版權的侵犯;犯法