• Re: The Slow Erosion of the 1st Amendment

    From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 9 10:27:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:42:20 -0400, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    Thankfully the higher courts are smacking these down as they come up, but >>leftist DAs and politicians seem to be adopting a "the process is the >>punishment" approach to censorship. They know the charges and convictions >>will eventually be thrown out but the defendants will have their lives >>upturned and have to spend a fortune fighting it before that happens, which >>sends a message to anyone else who might be thinking of saying things the >>Left doesn't like.

    The appeals need to include a demand for the state to compensate the
    falsely accused when they push a case that is clearly
    unconstitutional.

    As they say in Hansard (the British and Canadian version of the
    Congressional Record): "Some Honourable Gentlemen: Hear Hear!"
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