At 02:37 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:

Ronn said:

>> At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect
>> freedom of speech.
>
> What do you mean?

I mean that a freedom isn't a freedom if it's constrained, so that if
constitutional scholars consider such a constrained freedom "freedom of
speech" then they are using that phrase in a technical sense and not
the "everyday" sense of the words (leaving aside the difficulty that
perhaps people use the phrase in the legal-scholarese way in everyday
life!).

Rich

So "...shall not be infringed." means as much as "Congress shall make no law..."?


What about gag orders in court cases?

Kevin T. - VRWC
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