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This headline reflects the fact that the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of petition does not protect petitions that are _____.

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The answer you are looking for is "False and Damaging to someone's reputation"

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The First Amendment guarantees a broad freedom of expression, but there are also some restrctions or exceptions. One that is not protected is defamation (defamatory lies), called libel (written) and slander (spoken). Others are: obscenity, fraud, incitement.

The answer is defamation

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