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Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America
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And you know, freedom is always just one generation away from being lost
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And from the Supreme Court, we have proof of that. Before we get started, please make sure you like, comment, share, and subscribe
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In one of the biggest free speech cases of all time, maybe the biggest free speech case of all time, plaintiffs have argued that the government going
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to social media companies and asking them to censor and remove certain things about, you know
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speech things like, you know, things about public health, remember them removing that
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Or things about how they feel about an election, that that's the government censoring speech
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If it is, it's a violation of the First Amendment. Well, liberal justice Katonji Brown-Jackson
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she made a really weird argument that caught the attention of a lot of people
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She said, you know, in this case, it seems like the First Amendment is hamstringing
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the government's ability to basically to police speech. Yeah, that's the job of the First Amendment Supreme Court justice
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I don't know if you studied the Constitution and Harvard Law, but that's the actual purpose
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of the First Amendment. That's the whole point. It's to hamstring the government from silencing your speech
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It's the entire thing. Unbelievable that this was said by a Supreme Court justice
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And it lets you know one thing, why elections are so important. Imagine Joe Biden wins
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And imagine for whatever reason, Thomas and Alito are off the court. And Biden adds two justices
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Now, what do you got? You got a 5-4 liberal edge. And you could lose things in the Bill of Rights
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Just like that. I want you to listen to what she says, and then I want your opinions on it
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Please remember to like, comment, share, and subscribe. I'm Carmine Sabia for Explain America
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We love you guys. God bless you. Take care, everybody. Justice Jackson
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So my biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government
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in significant ways in the most important time periods. I mean, what would you have the government do
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I've heard you say a couple times that the government can post its own speech
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But in my hypothetical, you know, kids, this is not safe, don't do it, is not going to get it done
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And so I guess some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps
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to protect the citizens of this country. And you seem to be suggesting that that duty cannot manifest itself in the government encouraging
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or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information. So can you help me
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Because I'm really I'm really worried about that. Because you've got the First Amendment operating
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in an environment of threatening circumstances from the government's perspective. And you're saying that the government can't interact with the source of those problems
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