Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech ....
The term “political propaganda” includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, pictorial, or other communication or expression by any person (1) which is reasonably adapted to, or which the person disseminating the same believes will, or which he intends to, prevail upon, indoctrinate, convert, induce, or in any other way influence a recipient or any section of the public within the United States with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign county or a foreign political party or with reference to the foreign policies of the United States or promote in the United States racial, religious, or social dissensions ....
Unless specifically directed to do so by the Assistant Attorney General, a registrant is not required to file two copies of a motion picture containing political propaganda which he disseminates on behalf of his foreign principal, so long as he files monthly reports on its dissemination. In each such case this registrant shall submit to the Registration Unit either a film strip showing the label required by section 4(b) of the Act or an affidavit certifying that the required label has been made a part of the film.
For purposes of ruling on a motion to dismiss for want of standing, both the trial court and the reviewing courts must accept as true all material allegations of the complaint, and construe the complaint in favor of the complaining party. [cite] At the same time, it is within the trial court's power to require the plaintiff to supply, by amendment to the complaint or by affidavits, further particularized allegations of fact deemed supportive of plaintiff's standing. If, after this opportunity, the plaintiff's standing does not adequately appear from all the materials of record, the complaint must be dismissed.
*1521 A fundamental canon of statutory construction is that, unless otherwise defined, words will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning. Burns v. Alcala, 420 U.S. 575, 580–581, 95 S.Ct. 1180, 1184, 43 L.Ed.2d 469 (1975). (emphasis supplied)
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