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the 1st amendment of the constitution is a prohibition of the federal government enacting a law that limits freedom of religion, expression, or association. fr
by metaphorm 9y ago
the 1st amendment of the constitution is a prohibition of the federal government enacting a law that limits freedom of religion, expression, or association.
freedom of speech is a far more general moral principle and social norm. we ought not conflate the two and there is much more utility in discussing the more general case of freedom of speech and not the narrower more legalistic case of the 1st amendment.