Unfortunately, they seem to have figured it out, if the questioning in Murthy v. Missouri is a bellwether for the final decision. The majority of justices seem to see the first amendment as an obstacle to smooth operation of the government.
Of course, that's exactly what the first amendment is. Without it there's no way for the public to have any idea what is really happening around them. It makes governance so much easier.
"smooth operation of the government" or the free expression of a free people?
I was about to say something along the lines of "we seem to need to re-learn the answer to this every few generations" but I don't think that's true anymore.
Now I think the real demon is when people feel power and feel like with one more turn of the screw they can lock in total power (or the converse, without turning that screw they will lose power).
The world just seems to be permanently afflicted with people who really believe they know better than the rest of us and thus they deserve total control—and these people are called politicians!
"...once they can figure out some way to gut that pesky First Amendment."
Excellent sentence! :)
Unfortunately, they seem to have figured it out, if the questioning in Murthy v. Missouri is a bellwether for the final decision. The majority of justices seem to see the first amendment as an obstacle to smooth operation of the government.
Of course, that's exactly what the first amendment is. Without it there's no way for the public to have any idea what is really happening around them. It makes governance so much easier.
Exactly!
what's more important:
"smooth operation of the government" or the free expression of a free people?
I was about to say something along the lines of "we seem to need to re-learn the answer to this every few generations" but I don't think that's true anymore.
Now I think the real demon is when people feel power and feel like with one more turn of the screw they can lock in total power (or the converse, without turning that screw they will lose power).
The world just seems to be permanently afflicted with people who really believe they know better than the rest of us and thus they deserve total control—and these people are called politicians!
Thank you and thanks for the excellent article.
See you in the gulag! :)))
The best literature is made in the gulag...
"..once they can figure out some way to gut that pesky First Amendment", with the aid of tools like Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson . . .