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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the pre
by boothby 1y ago
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Banning the press from reporting on facts is, in fact, a dire infringement of our rights.
- frumplestlatz 1y agoThe U.S. Open is a sporting event, not a governmental organization, and anyone broadcasting the event is licensing it from the US Tennis Association. If the USTA or this event in any way resembled a common carrier, there might still be a free speech argument to be made, but they obviously don’t. They’re just producing a tennis event.
- quesera 1y ago... and the US Open is not Congress. Although, I would absolutely consider making that trade, if it were offered.
- robocat 1y agoThe US Open is [edited] run by a nonprofit, the United States Tennis Association (USTA). Was Congress involved?