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You cannot do so because US congress is prohibited making laws "abridging the speech." Such law abridges what somebody says, and thus cannot be made.
by baybal2 6y ago
You cannot do so because US congress is prohibited making laws "abridging the speech."
Such law abridges what somebody says, and thus cannot be made.
- robotresearcher 6y agoThere are well-established exceptions that include incitement to violence. Wikipedia's summary: "Categories of speech that are given lesser or no protection by the First Amendment include obscenity (as determined by the Miller test), fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, and regulation of commercial speech such as advertising." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_Unite...
- baybal2 6y agoI cannot find any reference to that in the US constitution text.
- robotresearcher 6y agoSo? These exceptions are given. What’s your point?