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To: drewh
This Trump supporters says that's a silly statement.

The First Amendment, and all of the Amendments, only constrain government.

It has no bearing on private actions.

24 posted on 03/20/2016 2:19:17 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

“It has no bearing on private actions. “

Actually it does just as much.

If a bunch of leftist organizations tried to get FR’s web hosting service to drop this site, are you going to say “oh well. That’s all and proper. Just a good show all around. Pip pip!”

No! JimRob would sue on free speech grounds!


28 posted on 03/20/2016 2:22:47 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Mariner

The protesters are violating Trump’s civil rights.


45 posted on 03/20/2016 2:38:36 PM PDT by Nachoman (My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
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To: Mariner

You’re wrong about that. But I get your point.


108 posted on 03/20/2016 4:25:40 PM PDT by major-pelham
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To: Mariner

“The First Amendment, and all of the Amendments, only constrain government.”

In 1964, the Klan and others were charged with civil rights violations in the Mississippi civil rights workers’ murder.

Mississippi civil rights workers’ murders

“Because Mississippi officials refused to prosecute the killers for murder, a state crime, the federal government, led by prosecutor John Doar, charged 18 individuals under 18 U.S.C. §242 and §371 with conspiring to deprive the three activists of their civil rights (by murder)...”

Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers’_murders


166 posted on 03/20/2016 8:30:19 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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