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> can you really say that they have those rights in practice? Yes, because the court system has traditionally been extremely strict, most of the time, in defen
by stale2002 5y ago
> can you really say that they have those rights in practice?
Yes, because the court system has traditionally been extremely strict, most of the time, in defending free speech, compared to other countries.
So yes, I can confidently say that the court system has defended free speech in the US, much more than in other countries, most of the time.
> If the average american can't be said to understand
Courts protecting a right that someone doesn't understand is still better than the courts not protecting it.
Sometimes our rights only matter to us when we really need them, and it is still better that they are protected in those cases.
- shkkmo 5y agoSo the court only strictly protects those rights "most of the time" and that creates a complex legal situation that requires a lifetime of study...how then can the average citizen know what they are allowed to say and trust that when they actually really need those protections that they won't end up as one of the other times where the court values government control over freedom of speech. We'll see if the Supreme Court has anything to say when the US finally get Assange extradited and puts him on trial for his speech. I don't have a lot of confidence he'll get any protections.
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