Federal courts are full of shit — and this is a perfect example: the protection that the first amendment affords is exactly the limitation of the Congress. Period.
To say [oh, sorry, interpret
] otherwise is to give the ability of amending the Constitution to the Judiciary, something which is simply not allowed.
What is being said there, by implication (and appeal to authority), is that the Judiciary is superior to the Constitution.
“Federal courts are full of shit and this is a perfect example: the protection that the first amendment affords is exactly the limitation of the Congress. Period.”
I agree. But after the disaster at Appomattox, this was to be expected. It actually turned out to be much worse than anyone feared.