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Originally posted by sgtclub
Is that any worse than reading words into the constitution that are not there? Where in the constitution are the time, place and manner restrictons on speech? Or put another way, why have the courts been inable comprehend 'Congress . . . shall meak no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech?
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Club, just fyi - the proper federalist interpretation is quite the opposite. Adams imprisioned those who spoke ill of him, as well as anyone who encouraged those French terrorists who didn't like kings and stuff.
