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		robocat 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia row erupts as Jimmy Wales intervenes on ... https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ Is a metalaw restricting the laws Congress can set. Freedom of speech seems to be commonly regarded as having a far wider scope than it actually does. IANAL.

dlubarov 45 days ago [–]

From a textualist standpoint you're right, but in practice the Supreme Court has expanded the First Amendment to prohibit government actions (besides just lawmaking) that would deter speech.

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