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  • MisanthropiCynic@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzfuck this
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    20 hours ago

    No. Even that limitation is unconstitutional. Look up the actual convictions and appeal rates for them

    The most recent one is just a couple of months old where a guy threatened Kevin McCarthy, the House speaker, over 100 times on the phone and he only got probation because the judge knew the prison sentence wouldn’t withstand appeal.


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    20 hours ago

    I thought you were replying to me at first, but it just reaffirm what I said so now it looks like you were replying to someone else maybe

    The ruling reaffirmed that the government cannot punish speech just because it is offensive or upsetting, reinforcing strong protections for free speech under the First Amendment.


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    20 hours ago

    Is it so hard to believe you think Free speech should be absolute weapon should be unrestricted, abortion should be unrestricted, people should be able to harness electricity from solar and harness rainwater from the sky?

    Because these are all things that are restricted here except for speech, so I am sure as fuck not going to budge on it








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    21 hours ago

    Society and laws are at the mercy of those who are in control. Right now in the US it is the Trump administration, but I remember Barack Obama saying, “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone,” emphasizing his ability to take executive action without waiting for Congress to push his agenda forward.

    That’s not freedom.





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    21 hours ago

    The phrase “shouting fire in a crowded theater” is outdated and legally irrelevant to modern free speech discussions. Its origin from Schenck v. United States (1919) was overturned by Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), which set a much higher standard for restricting speech. Modern First Amendment doctrine protects almost all speech unless it directly incites imminent violence or crime.



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    21 hours ago

    No, because it is unconstitutional to put someone under oath

    By definition, it means a solemn promise that is beholden to a deity therefore it is illegitimate in court and law by the First Amendment.

    You probably also think it should not be legal to kill people that break into your house to steal your TV.