Let me see if I understand….
“Where the First Amendment is implicated, the tie goes to the speaker, not the censor.”
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN G. ROBERTS Jr., in a ruling that relaxed restrictions on pre-election television ads.
But this only applies to rich (mostly) white guys who own giant corporations. Not to kids holding goofy signs outside (and across the street from) school events.
Is it just me or do we now have an “activist” court that is reinforcing the privilege of the already privileged while making sure that the marginalized stay that way?
NYT article on the corporate “free” speech decision
NYT article on the Alaska school “scandal” of free speech
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
