4 ms·
Collective Shout is a foreign organization attacking American companies. The First Amendment does not mean you get to speak and advocate in secret, and it only
by roguecoder 1y ago
Collective Shout is a foreign organization attacking American companies. The First Amendment does not mean you get to speak and advocate in secret, and it only applies to American residents.
- kelseyfrog 1y agoNot quite. The First Amendment applies to everyone within U.S. jurisdiction, not just residents or citizens. The first, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth amendments have all been historically used to establish various rights of privacy. That's not to say that one agrees with or disagrees with the outcome here, just that this argument isn't based in an understanding of the law.
- OkayPhysicist 1y agoThe first amendment doesn't "apply" the people, domestic or otherwise, at all. It applies to the government, and what it can't do.
- kelseyfrog 1y agoThanks. So the steelman version is, the first amendment applies to the government when they restrict rights of residents, not just citizens.