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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitte... by ceejayoz on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:23AM (#23338389)
That's not really what that decision says. It's much narrower than that.

It does not extend First Amendment protection to malls. It simply permits states to go beyond the First Amendment's protections in their enforcement of state laws.

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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitte... by mindslight on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:24AM (#23338396)
My comment said nothing about the "First Amendment". Legal rights to free speech are larger than the first amendment to the US Constitution, and the general ideal of free speech is even larger than that.

edit-reply: You're arguing with me, but neither of your replies contains anything concrete that disagrees with what I said.

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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitte... by ceejayoz on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:30AM (#23338456)
> Legal rights to free speech are larger than the first amendment to the US Constitution

Yes, that's what "go beyond the First Amendment" means.

You have free speech rights in malls in some states, because of state laws expanding the right past what the Constitution guarantees.

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