The First Amendment states:
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…
The funny thing is that is says Congress Shall Make No Law …
But here we are … having laws against certain forms of speech. For example, some of those forms of speech not protected by the Constitution are hate speech, obscenity, defamation, perjury, etc.
This is all fine and good. However, the First Amendment plainly states that Congress shall make no law…
How free is free expression? Apparently not very.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org/Speech/faqs.aspx?id=15822&
also see
www.aclu.org/free-speech
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