Month: February 2010

In Full Howl

Last week, the Supreme Court eloquently reaffirmed the continuing vitality of the First Amendment. In doing so, it confirmed again our commitment to freedom of speech and the free exchange of ideas as the critical engine of American liberty.

In its opinion, the Court wrote:
“The First Amendment underwrites the freedom to experiment and to create in the realm of thought and speech.”
“The civic discourse belongs to the people, and the Government may not prescribe the means used to conduct it.”
“The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves.”
“If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens for simply engaging in political speech.”
One might have thought such ideas quite uncontroversial.


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