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IMHO, the first five words make no sense without rest of the sentence. It is like Knuth quote about "root of all evil". "The First Amendment provides that Cong
by AzzieElbab 5y ago
IMHO, the first five words make no sense without rest of the sentence. It is like Knuth quote about "root of all evil".
"The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".
- jcranmer 5y agoThe full text is: > Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Note that "abridging the freedom of speech" is preceded by "or", so consequently, "Congress shall make no law" also must apply to "abridging the freedom of speech" or else the sentence makes no grammatical sense. To interpret it as you do would be to violate one of the canons of construction.
- AzzieElbab 5y agoI pasted it from the US Congress site. Anyway, no matter how you cut it, it does not say Congress shall outsource all freedom of speech decisions to a private monopoly and its highly partisan oversight board.
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