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Alex
@asenderling.eth
Between this and ICE posting today that they want to stop illegal 'ideas' from crossing the border, this is some of the most authoritarian free-speech infringement from the US government we've ever seen. Indefensible and incredibly alarming.
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sparkz
@jacy
this is literally what the first amendment aims to protect. future law students will be reading these cases in con law in the not so distant future.
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
The first amendment protects your ability to speak, not the consequences of speaking Immigration law and enforcement is not a 1A issue I am broadly against how they are handling the issue because it makes the US look weak and scares foreign visitors, however its not a 1A issue and claiming that it is undermines your point
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sparkz
@jacy
if all your activities are otherwise lawful, but you are being expelled from the country because of your beliefs it is absolutely a 1A issue and directly infringes on his constitutional right to free speech.
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
Lol I don't get how this is so hard, lol people want to act like this isn't bad so hard
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artlu 🎩
@artlu
I don't find it helpful for one person on the internet to say "it is not", and then another person on the internet to say "it is absolutely". The courts have played tennis with the boundaries of the First Amendment over the years. It's maybe more informative to survey the most frequently cited opinions (majority and dissenting), as well as to track the recent trajectory of the tennis match. It feels to me that Americans and resident non-Americans are in greater peril for the consequences of their politiical opinions today, than they were 10 years ago. The peak the other way (basically no legal consequences for anti-government speech) feels like it was around the time Americans were shocked by the Tiananmen Square crackdowns in 1989. 1993 was David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. The Oklahoma City bombings happened in 1995. Both were "political" statements and institutional reactions, and most Americans (in the middle, from both sides) supported ensuring those kind of events didn't happen again. 1/2
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
Is the speech in question being censored?
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