Congressional Research Service Issues In Focus White Paper on First Amendment - Categories of Speech
March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11072) on March 28, 2024, by legislative attorney Victoria L. Killion:
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The First Amendment: Categories of Speech
The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from "abridging the freedom of speech" but does not define what that freedom entails. The Supreme Court has long interpreted the Clause to greatly circum . . .
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The First Amendment: Categories of Speech
The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from "abridging the freedom of speech" but does not define what that freedom entails. The Supreme Court has long interpreted the Clause to greatly circum . . .