November 4, 2005
The Infinite Subtleties of the First Amendment
As the First Amendment approaches its 214th birthday, one would expect that courts would have resolved most of the difficult questions about its scope and meaning.
Consider, however, a few timely and perplexing issues that await definitive answers:
May the United States deport a lawfully resident alien for speech for which a citizen could not be punished? (Even civil libertarians disagree on this one, and the courts have not addressed it.) May a reporter or editor be punished
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