[detsaoT]

actually, i'm CONCERNED that a future LEFTIST (read DIMocRAT!) POTUS might decide that ANYTHING printed or spoken, which he/she disagrees with, is TREASONOUS & therefore, like lincoln, might well start locking people away. fwiw, the 1st Amendment was to protect UNPOPULAR speech. popular speech needs NO protection!

According to the writings of the Federalists, I was under the impression that the First Amendment was strictly intended to apply to political speech. I'm not certain of any case history, but I would imagine that treasonous speech (in print or in action) has been prosecuted successfully since the Bill of Rights was integrated into the Constitution, has it not?

Of course, our modern understanding of the "Freedom of Speech" is a result of decades of Leftist brainwashing, so I'm not sure that any of us would be able to grasp the original intent behind that Amendment without significant assistance from contemporary resources...

[stand watie]

did you miss that i'm concerned that a future LEFTIST POTUS might decide that ANYTHING that disagrees with him/her is treasonous????

we are talking about the ABILITY to lock people away (OR perhaps do worse things to them, as lincoln's minions did at Point Lookout DEATH CAMP!), with LITTLE or NO cause.

free dixie,sw