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The Supreme Court is no fan of the First Amendment. Notice that Citizens United was a 5-4 decision in the clearest core political speech case since the First Wo
by WildUtah 11y ago
The Supreme Court is no fan of the First Amendment. Notice that Citizens United was a 5-4 decision in the clearest core political speech case since the First World War[0]. And at least two of the Citizens United justices will probably be replaced by the next president and no likely presidential candidate is a big fan of the First Amendment.
[0] When villain Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a majority opinion that arguing in public that military conscription was bad policy should be a criminal offense and the First Amendment didn't apply. There's no reason the Supremes can't just abolish the First Amendment for political convenience again.
- solipsism 11y agoclearest core political speech case It might be a clear case to you, but there's a huge amount of controversy among legal scholars regarding Citizens United. Pretending this controversy doesn't exist and that the decision should be clear-cut doesn't help your point.
- mmanfrin 11y agoNotice that Citizens United was a 5-4 decision in the clearest core political speech case since the First World War I'm sorry, what?
- jsprogrammer 11y agoDo you know of another?
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoAll the obscenity cases they ruled on. Each and every ruling had reasoning and precedent that would be directly impactful to any political ruling.