This is why I prefer literal textualism to originalism. The plain text of the First Amendment is a much more absolute affirmation of liberty than you would gues

This is why I prefer literal textualism to originalism. The plain text of the First Amendment is a much more absolute affirmation of liberty than you would guess from observing the subsequent law-making of the founders and their contemporaries, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts#Sedition_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts#Sediti...