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To: robertpaulsen

Read your own post again. Something they “BROADCASTED.” They can print handbills or say anything they want, e.g. at a press conference. They can distribute handbills on street corners, or shout from a soapbox. But they are limited as to what they may SEND OVER THE AIRWAVES - “broadcast”. It’s not a First Amendment issue. It’s a terms of use of the airwaves issue - “We give you exclusive rights to broadcast on this frequency in this area, and you agree you won’t use the following or similiar words: .... We will go after anyone else who transmits on your frequency, and we will come after you if you do broadcast such things. Agreed? Sign here.” Not the First Amendment at all.

Thanks for trying, though.


410 posted on 11/09/2007 2:46:05 PM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: coloradan
"But they are limited as to what they may SEND OVER THE AIRWAVES - “broadcast”. It’s not a First Amendment issue."

Well, some people might look at a limitation of what is broadcasted as the definition of a First Amendment issue.

Plus, this is an example of First Amendment "prior restraint" which is what someone was looking for and my reason for posting it.

787 posted on 11/14/2007 6:47:06 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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