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What you describe isn't exactly the law in the U.S., but it gets at some real things: (1) there is a separate "right of petition" in the first amendment in par
by schoen 5y ago
What you describe isn't exactly the law in the U.S., but it gets at some real things:
(1) there is a separate "right of petition" in the first amendment in parallel with the rights of freedom of speech and press; the right of petition relates to asking the government to change its behavior;
(2) the courts have a notion of "core political speech", which is some of the most strongly protected speech; and
(3) the courts have a different notion of "commercial speech", which is some of the least-protected speech.