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Lex

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17. 1st Amendment applies to GOVERNMENT infringing one's speech.

Reply to kelliekat44 (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2014, 12:15 AM

Dec 2014

Are these players being arrested and charged with a crime?

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So if you play professional sports, your 1st Amendment rights are suspended? If ministers from [View all] kelliekat44 Dec 2014 OP

Do slaves on a plantation have free speech? XemaSab Dec 2014 #1

Sports celebrities are slaves? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #24

No, of course not, elleng Dec 2014 #2

NFL can make rules for their players yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #4

Yes, of course they can. elleng Dec 2014 #10

Have they been arrested, or do they face criminal charges, based on their speech? Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #3

Of course their First Amendment rights aren't suspended SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2014 #5

the 1st limits government, not your employer alc Dec 2014 #6

And not only screw your 1st Amendment rights, don't you dare tread on their 2nd Amendment right! nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #7

In many cases yes. maced666 Dec 2014 #8

I see you've been properly schooled about the gov't vs a private org limiting your 'speech'. X_Digger Dec 2014 #9

The First Amendment does not prohibit non-state employers from being imbeciles. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #11

The only armbands or ribbons NFL players Jenoch Dec 2014 #12

The bottom line is money Drale Dec 2014 #13

Can you make political speeches where you work? jberryhill Dec 2014 #14

It wasn't the employers who were objecting. peace13 Dec 2014 #16

Can they also express an opinion? jberryhill Dec 2014 #18

Yes, but they didn't. peace13 Dec 2014 #19

I am beginning to think you are elaborate performance art. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #15

1st Amendment applies to GOVERNMENT infringing one's speech. Lex Dec 2014 #17

and that is difficult for many to grasp wyldwolf Dec 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author FSogol Dec 2014 #20

My employees are barred from making all sorts of statements while at work. Codeine Dec 2014 #21

Not a first amendment issue. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #22

this is what the OP wrote on Wednesday morning after the election: Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #23

I was merely pointing out how many voters among the ultra RW feel about it and they vote accordingly kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #26

That is eye-opening. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #34

Did I miss something edhopper Dec 2014 #25

Okay folks, give it a break! I know what the 1st Amendment says and how it applies. I am merely kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #27

The two aren't even comparable n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2014 #28

Neither the NFL nor the Rams are planning HappyMe Dec 2014 #29

The NFL is a private organization 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #30

Well considering the players being referenced faced giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #31

suspension by your employer has nothing to do with the first amendment Doctor_J Dec 2014 #33