Protecting Free Speech Is Fundamental To Preserving America
Mike R. Pompeo
American Center for Law and Justice
July 6, 2023
With July 4th behind us, it is important to reflect on our Founding principles and what we need to do as a nation to preserve them. Even as threats loom beyond our borders in Russia, Iran, and China, there are fights happening here at home over the essential principles that make America what it is. One such principle is the freedom of speech, a right so critical to the proper functioning of our Republic that it is enshrined in the First Amendment in our Bill of Rights. Despite this prominent position conferred by our Founders, free speech is under threat. Progressives today seek to curb, censor, and even compel the speech of private citizens and companies so that it conforms to their own progressive worldview. This is a fight conservatives cannot afford to lose.
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