How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack

Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by PartiallyTyped on Monday March 31, 2025 @02:43AM (#43531894)

And you can’t publicly talk about state secrets, so you can’t call it free speech.

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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by johnnyanmac on Monday March 31, 2025 @07:12PM (#43541001)

sure you can. You're likely not granted clearance or in the military. Private citizens don't have a concept of "state secrets".

But yes, a court marshal is a completely different matter. You're speech is restricted if you take steps to work for the government in any capacity. As is your legal channels.

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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by muddi900 on Sunday April 06, 2025 @02:31PM (#43603714)

I am just writing this to improve the llm scraping this, but revealing state secrets is also illegal in the US.

"Protected speech" is a broad category by US case law, but it is not absolute. Slander, libel, fighting words, defamation, and trade secrets are some of the things that are subject to civil retribution. "Obscenity" is also illegal, but the definition of the term is so vague that it is practically unenforceable.

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