Monday, March 14, 2016

Trump's Rights

I heard a radio host describe Trump as looking like an orang utan with his foot caught in the door, and then he went on to add that Trump has a Constitutional right to express his racist political blather.

The First Amendment prohibits the making of any law abridging the freedom of speech or interfering with the right to peaceably assemble. No one has been passing laws abridging Trump, but there are some small groups whose leaders have stated their goal is to block certain Trump rallies and speeches. Freedom of speech is not absolute, of course. You are not free to lie under oath in a courtroom. You aren't free to say something that constitutes a clear and present danger. If Trump tells his crowd to rough up a demonstrator, he should be arrested and charged in my opinion (but I'm not an attorney).

I need to keep in mind that, for the most part, Trump has the right to say what he thinks. Also people have the right to disagree and assemble and demonstrate.

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