curious n str8
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I understand your points but can't they just be truthful for a change? Perhaps that is what we need to do is make an amendment to the Constitution regarding the truth in politics, then perhaps we would not be in the mess we find ourself's in.The issue of whether political speech NEEDS the most protection is moot. I teach First Amendment law, and political speech always has had the most protection under the First Amendment and still does. Any law that is passed that restricts political speech is challenged in court, and courts have struck down parts of various "election reforms" on the basis that Congress or state legislatures were infringing on political speech. The only way that there will be significantly greater restrictions on political speech is if the Constitution is amended; freedom of political speech has widespread support across the entire ideological spectrum of judges, and although by no means all judges are absolutists on political speech freedom, their political affiliations (liberal, moderate, or conservative) are not good predictors.