Presumably a reference to how the Brandenburg decision only threw out Whitney/Schneck/Abrams/etc in 1969. Legal rights are just words on paper without a corresp

Presumably a reference to how the Brandenburg decision only threw out Whitney/Schneck/Abrams/etc in 1969. Legal rights are just words on paper without a corresponding culture of respect for their importance. The US has a long and sordid tradition of nakedly political censorship. Ask Eugene Debs how much good the 1st amendment did him.