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Laws are not the only way that government can violate your rights. If a random cop stops by your house and tells you to take down the sign on your lawn, the go
by adamsb6 4y ago
Laws are not the only way that government can violate your rights.
If a random cop stops by your house and tells you to take down the sign on your lawn, the government has violated your rights.
The allegations in the article are of that sort, that government agents were giving direction to private companies on what speech they ought to permit on their platforms.
- themitigating 4y agoThe first amendment only says congress shall make no law.
- colinmhayes 4y agoand the second says well regulated militia. The courts care about what their interpretation of the intent of the clause is, not the actual words in the clause.
- blast 4y agoThe entire second half of the OP explains in detail why there may be a First Amendment case here, including some interesting precedents.