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> Any law is ultimately enforced by the government So? That’s not what the first amendment applies to. You do not have first amendment rights in civil cases. T

• dragonwriter 3y ago
  > > Any law is ultimately enforced by the government > So? That’s not what the first amendment applies to. Yes it is. > You do not have first amendment rights in civil cases. Yes, you do; that’s why US defamation law is more limited than the common law it derives from, and where Fair Use as a judicial application of the First Amendment came from before it was codified in statute. > See libel. Libel is a perfect example of how you do have First Amendment rights in civil cases. Here's a long list of cases applying the First Amendment in the libel/defamation context: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/encyclopedia/case/63/libel-and-slander https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/encyclopedia/case/63/li...