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The 1st Amendment does not protect all speech. Speech that advocates or incites to violence is actionable under federal and state laws. Also, remember the recent trend (last ten years or so) to adopt laws against "hate crimes", and the movement at universities and colleges to adopt policies and procedures for dealing with "hate speech". Its now time to enforce these laws, these policies and procedures to their fullest. Officials at Columbia University would not be so cavalier in stating that De Genova was simply exercising his right of free speech (whether on campus or not) if he were advancing the intersts of white supremancy or the beliefs of the Klu Klux Klan. He's preaching sedition in time of war. His hate speech, which is intended to incite to violence, is specific. Its directed at our military men and women. Prosecute him. Let him become a martyr behind bars, rather than allowing him to freely advocate violence and hatred while the media wink and nod. Do not show timidity in enforcing the legitimate limits on "free speech" that our laws have always recognized and sanctioned. The Constitution and the laws that implement it provide both the freedoms that make us a great people and protections that enable that greatness to survive.