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Along with communicative restrictions, less protection is afforded to uninhibited speech when the government acts as subsidizer or speaker, is an employer, controls education, or regulates the mail, airwaves, legal bar, military, prisons, and immigration.
During colonial times, English speech regulations were rather restrictive.The English criminal common law of seditious libel made criticizing the government a crime. Lord Chief Justice John Holt, writing in 1704–1705, explained the rationale for the prohibition: "For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it."
Military expression is an area of military law pertaining to the United States military that relates to the free speech rights of its service members. [1] While "military free speech" was the term used during the Vietnam War era, "military expression" has become a niche area of military law since 2001.
PHOTO: Members of the military stand as President Donald Trump reviews the troops in Emancipation Hall during inauguration ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2025.
TPM restrictions related to core political speech are subject to the highest possible level of Constitutional scrutiny. Free speech zones have been used at a variety of political gatherings. The stated purpose of free speech zones is to protect the safety of those attending the political gathering, or for the safety of the protesters themselves.
The head of the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday that security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate ...
Instead of broadly crushing free speech and pushing social media companies to eliminate our ability to share resources, the U.S. government should focus its efforts on things that work.
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of homosexual people.Instituted during the Clinton administration, the policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on December 21, 1993, and was in effect from February 28, 1994, until September 20, 2011. [1]