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jberryhill

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5. Well...
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 08:14 PM
Sep 2018

First off, there are many laws which regulate speech (or expression of various kinds more broadly).

Unlawful forms of speech include false advertising , copyright infringement, forgery, solicitation of prostitution, various kinds of threats... the list goes on and on. There are laws against quite a variety of types of speech. Call in a bomb threat to an airport, and you will learn all about illegal speech.

While the president doesn’t make laws per se, Trump has, in fact, already been flagged for a first amendment violation, and is still firmly ensconced in office. In particular, he had to unblock people he had blocked on his official twitter account, as it was deemed by a court to be a first amendment violation for a government official to do so.

So, yes, he has been found in breach of the First Amendment and, no, it did not result in his being “gone” through whatever mechanism you believe that would happen.

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