tomder55
Jul 7, 2024, 02:41 AM
Tim Wu ;who was a special assistant to Clueless Joe wrote an op-ed in the Slimes arguing that the 1st amendment is "out of control "
Opinion | The NetChoice Decision Shows the First Amendment Is Out of Control - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/opinion/supreme-court-netchoice-free-speech.html)
What does that even mean ?
The judiciary needs to realize that the First Amendment is spinning out of control. It is beginning to threaten many of the essential jobs of the state, such as protecting national security and the safety and privacy of its citizens.
ummmm yeah about that .... the framers added the 1st amendment to protect the people from the state ;not the other way around .
Over the past decade or two, however, liberal as well as conservative judges and justices have extended the First Amendment to protect nearly anything that can be called speech,
ummmm yeah about that .... that is why it is called "freedom of speech"
In our era, the power of private entities has grown to rival that of nation-states. Most powerful are the Big Tech platforms, which in their cocoonlike encompassing of humanity have grown to control commerce and speech in ways that would make totalitarian states jealous. In a democracy, the people ought to have the right to react to and control such private power, as long as it does not trample on the rights of individuals.
But thanks to the Supreme Court, the First Amendment has become a barrier to the government’s ability to do that.
This is a complete lie. What the government has done is to collude with these information platforms to censor and trample on the rights of anyone who opposes them or has a different point of view . What we need is more 1st amendment not less .
Opinion | The NetChoice Decision Shows the First Amendment Is Out of Control - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/opinion/supreme-court-netchoice-free-speech.html)
What does that even mean ?
The judiciary needs to realize that the First Amendment is spinning out of control. It is beginning to threaten many of the essential jobs of the state, such as protecting national security and the safety and privacy of its citizens.
ummmm yeah about that .... the framers added the 1st amendment to protect the people from the state ;not the other way around .
Over the past decade or two, however, liberal as well as conservative judges and justices have extended the First Amendment to protect nearly anything that can be called speech,
ummmm yeah about that .... that is why it is called "freedom of speech"
In our era, the power of private entities has grown to rival that of nation-states. Most powerful are the Big Tech platforms, which in their cocoonlike encompassing of humanity have grown to control commerce and speech in ways that would make totalitarian states jealous. In a democracy, the people ought to have the right to react to and control such private power, as long as it does not trample on the rights of individuals.
But thanks to the Supreme Court, the First Amendment has become a barrier to the government’s ability to do that.
This is a complete lie. What the government has done is to collude with these information platforms to censor and trample on the rights of anyone who opposes them or has a different point of view . What we need is more 1st amendment not less .