EDITORIAL: Justice frets that First Amendment hamstrings government
20.03 2024:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
The newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court can’t be described as a First Amendment absolutist. Let’s hope her view doesn’t resonate with her colleagues…
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