I am not about to launch on some First Amendment diatribe.* All I'm going to say is that any First Amendment question requires hours and hours of research. Hours. First Amendment jurisprudence is massive and complex. It's a beautiful amendment, and a lot of smart people have given it much thought, and every time I get one of these questions finding the answer is maddening and ultimately satisfying. One could make a career in free speech law alone (one sentence only out of the amendment!). I love First Amendment work.
*The First Amendment of the United States Constitution, for anyone not familiar, says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Friday, April 25, 2008
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Imagine being one of this country's Founding Fathers and being able to look back on one's life knowing you'd contributed to the creation of U.S. Constitution. I think about these things -- which may be why I've never been the life of the party.
~:^D
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