That pesky 1st Amendment

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Billy Dennis

I bet you thought that the 1st Amendment to the Constitutions didn’t allow for any exceptions. You thought wrong. The Congressional Research Service has a report out that says Congress can limit speech right when it believes there’s a compelling reason to do so. And since the most complelling reason a Congressperson does anything is the need to get re-elected, that means “any time it wants to.”

About Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis is lifelong Peorian, having attended Kingman, Glen Oak, Woodruff High School and Illinois Central College before finally tricking Eastern Illinois University into granting him a bachelor's degree in journalism. He's reported on police, fires, labor, local government and schools all across Illinois and Missouri. A former liberal Democrat, life experience turned him into a small-l libertarian.
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