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The government is absolutely allowed to limit speech on this level within the bounds of the 1st Amendment. Fire-in-a-crowded-theater and all that.
by azernik 9y ago
The government is absolutely allowed to limit speech on this level within the bounds of the 1st Amendment. Fire-in-a-crowded-theater and all that.
- gpm 9y ago"fire in a crowded theater" is largely repealed and now requires "imminent lawless action" which certainly isn't the case here. Please read more about it here [0], written by a lawyer. Ignore the headline, the author wasn't pleased with it either [1]. Generally exceptions to free speech are extremely limited, "because we don't want you to bias people" is definitely not within an exception. [0] http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-first-amendment-slogans-20170608-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-white-first-amend... [1] https://www.popehat.com/2017/06/08/free-speech-tropes-in-the-la-times/ https://www.popehat.com/2017/06/08/free-speech-tropes-in-the...
- Fins 9y agoJurors are routinely forbidden from discussing the case they are trying, parties to a settlement can be barred from discussing it, etc., etc., so there are quite a bit more limitations on "free speech" than that.