Timeline for Does the First Amendment shield the previous president from the August 2023 D.C. Indictments?
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| Aug 4, 2023 at 20:27 | history | edited | gatorback | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2023 at 12:03 | comment | added | gnasher729 | The linked document also contains lots of accusations that are not about speech at all. | |
| Aug 4, 2023 at 11:42 | comment | added | gnasher729 | Whenever someone gives a false statement in court, that's speech. (I assume if you cannot speak and have to write down your false statement, it's still counted as speech). It's also perjury, and not protected by any amendments. | |
| Aug 3, 2023 at 22:16 | history | edited | ohwilleke |
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| Aug 3, 2023 at 21:16 | comment | added | jeffronicus | The 45-page indictment specifies "The Defendant had a right, like every American, to speak publicly about the election and even to claim, falsely, that there had been outcome-determinative fraud during the election and that he had won...." but that Trump went on to take much more action. | |
| Aug 3, 2023 at 20:36 | history | edited | ohwilleke | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 3, 2023 at 20:28 | history | edited | ohwilleke |
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| Aug 3, 2023 at 19:53 | answer | added | ohwilleke | timeline score: 11 | |
| Aug 3, 2023 at 19:48 | comment | added | phoog | Conspiracy is generally based on what was said. I don't know whether anyone ever tried to claim first amendment protection for planning a crime with someone else, but I would be surprised if any such attempted defense got as far as the supreme court. The first amendment also does not protect people who convince others that they can sell them a share in the Brooklyn Bridge even though their claims to be able to do so are speech. But what do you mean by "shield the previous president from election"? Did you mean "... conviction"? | |
| Aug 3, 2023 at 19:35 | history | asked | gatorback | CC BY-SA 4.0 |