Limits Of Free Speech
Freedom of speech is what makes us proud to be an American. The freedom to think, speak and protest as we please. The freedom of speech is as dynamic as our use of the language. Just what is protected under the first amendment? To understand what is protected under the first amendment we have to look at how it is written in the constitution.
Congress cannot abridge a person's "freedom of speech." In other words Congress can restrict what you say but it cannot stop you from saying it. (Kersch 3)
"If, for example, a citizen hates the president's policies on education or health care and makes a verbal threat to assassinate him, he is summarily arrested. He might plead freedom of speech, but he will not have a chance in court because although forbidding threats on the president's life is a restriction on speech, it is not a restriction on the freedom of speech. One has no freedom to threaten to kill the president." "In short, the speech of Americans is and always has been abridged......
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