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The literal printing press has freedom? What? No, it's "the press" that has freedom, and in 1791 that was understood to be "people and organizations that oper
by cryptonector 3y ago
The literal printing press has freedom? What? No, it's "the press" that has freedom, and in 1791 that was understood to be "people and organizations that operate printing presses". That a printing press was involved is just an accident of the stage of technological development at which the First Amendment was written. The courts have rightly extended that freedom to other technologies than the printing press.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The literal printing press has freedom? What? No, it's "the press" that has freedom. No, the people have freedom to use the press, just like the same Amendment protects the freedom to use speech.
- cryptonector 3y agoYes, thank you for the absolutely correct correction!