The 1st Amendement

Free speech – sounds like a great idea, right? Most recognize the old reference to free speech’s obvious limitation: Yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. That’s a fairly obvious, hard line to draw. But it’s on the extreme end of a spectrum that includes alot of language between that and saying good morning your SO. When did the 1st amendment become the protector of lies and deceit?

Opposing factions gather over the cancelation of conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, California, U.S., April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam – RTS149DL

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