what difference to you see between freedom of speech for the individual and freedom of speech for the press? They are both speech and the are both protected by the first amendment. If you are going to say that they are clearly separate because they are clearly listed separately in the language, then I guess there is no arguing with that.
Out of curiousity do you consider the Patriot Act constitutional? What abot Patriot 2? Dana Nick McClure writes: > It is not a subset, it was listed plainly in the 1st Amendment: > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or > prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, > or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to > petition the Government for a redress of grievances." > > > > At 02:40 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >That what I did -- then decided that freedom of the press is a subset of > >freedom of speech. ::shrug:: both the local weeklies did a special July 4th > >issue on freedom of speech, the constituton, and the Patriot Act, so I have > >reading material :) Anyone know the status of Patriot II btw? > > > >Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
