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> The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire federal government even though it is only expressly applicable to Congress. Fu
by bko 5y ago
> The First Amendment has been interpreted by the Court as applying to the entire federal government even though it is only expressly applicable to Congress. Furthermore, the Court has interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as protecting the rights in the First Amendment from interference by state governments. [0]
On your other point, I don't see how "they've always done that" means its not a first amendment issue.
Finally, conspiracy theories are covered under freedom of speech. And freedom of speech is not "empty political rhetoric"
[0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment
- crazy_horse 5y agoThanks for the feedback, I knew there was more to it bu it's interesting that's a later interpretation (presumably the didn't imagine the executive would have so much power). The point I was making with the theorist stuff is this song falls right into prime Q, the government is killing us territory. If YouTube, years after giving those people platforms and building them up has decided that doesn't fit their values or the values of their advertisers that's how it works. I'm just not sure that conservatives really want to die on this hill with Kyrie Irving and the flat earthers.