Free speech is a Human Right: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml The US Constitution describes how

Free speech is a Human Right: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml The US Constitution describes how that human right is protected in the United States from the US Government. This doesn't mean that Brutsch did anything right or wrong, it's just a description of how freedom of speech is different and embodied in culture and is not just some form of right given to us by the The First Amendment.