• ram
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      1 year ago

      Ya, “Free Speech” as written in the constitution only covers congressional laws.

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        1 year ago

        Even in the context of the US First Amendment, which makes it so that the government cannot abridge your right to free speech, it’s not unlimited. Think “Yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theater, when there’s no fire,” or libel/slander, or terroristic threats, or, I dunno, witness tampering.

        There’s lots of speech which must yield to other rights and protections.