I do, actually, think there should be an almost complete right to publish the truth in the mass media, the only restriction on that that comes to mind is when publishing the truth could lead to the deaths of, for example, those who inform on criminals, those who inform on the activities of foreign enemies of democracies.
What I think should be punishable and bannable is the publication of lies, malign misinformation, hate speech, incitement to violence. I don't think there is any real right to lie or to incite hate or violence. It is insane to think anyone has a right to do that which supersedes the right of The People to the truth they need to govern themselves, that is superior to the lives of those who will be discriminated against, injured and killed by the "free speech - free press" of liars and hate mongers. The idea that people are too stupid to regulate those, as claimed by lawyers and judges and "justices" who decide far less obvious questions all the time would mean that they are unqualified to hold the jobs they do and should be replaced by those who aren't so stupid or dishonest.
Also, if gunmen where going into law schools and law faculty lounges, courts and shooting up judges, and "justices" I think they would change their dogmas and doctrines given down from Supreme Court benches, those would change, pronto. If the prospect of hanging clears the mind remarkably, I suspect a Republican-fascists in robes staring down an AK-15 might have an even more immediate effect. I don't think the Supreme Court should be allowed security which they deny to citizens attending their Synagogue, Mosque or Church, schools, concerts, etc. Neither do the other branches of government that leave us all open to being murdered by any demented degenerate with one of the guns they allow them to get.
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