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Confused  

redmustang91 64M
7764 posts
4/7/2019 5:11 am

Last Read:
4/8/2019 7:58 am

Confused


Many people are confused about the Freedom of Speech protected by the First Amendment. The Federal government and the States and local government are barred from regulating speech and writing based on its content. Private individuals are free to fire an employee who says nasty stuff, like racist rants. Contracts can contain a moral clause that allows a company to fire a star who acts or speaks immorally.

The law has various exceptions to prohibitions, naturally. Governments are allowed to punish defamatory words, curse words, threat to kill, hate speech, obscenity, etc.

There are exceptions to the exceptions too. The US Supreme Court in 1966 made it much harder for politicians and<b> famous </font></b>people to sue for slander and libel. The Court said the First Amendment protected critical speech of public figures unless they printed false facts with intent or reckless disregard of the truth.

Trump wants to make it harder to criticize him, and more expensive, but the Supreme Court is unlikely to agree with that idea.

Obscenity has become a dead letter as community standards now accept about anything.

Only in Utah or a few other places could a porn king get punished for nudity.

There is also no protection for porn, which can lead to a long prison sentence.

redmustang91 64M
9760 posts
4/8/2019 7:58 am

The government cannot stop you from saying nasty things about people, but people can refuse to work with you and fire you from jobs that hurt the company's image.


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