The First Amendment and You

Freedom of speech! Freedom of the press! So the First Amendment protects our right to say and publish whatever our little hearts desire right? Wrong. Even though we may be living in the "land of the free" or whatever, there are still some condtitions. Do you really think we can say whatever we want? Can we really publish whatever we want? What about malice? What about yelling from across the room from the President that he's a big fat meanie? Well of course we can't say or publish whatever we want, so what the Constitution should really say is "Freedom of the Press Unless What You're Printing is Going to Ruin Someone Else's Life" and "Freedom of Speech Unless You're Calling the President a Big Fat Meanie." Then the First Amendment would be 100 percent fool-proof. Bianca for President! Yeah!

XOXO, Bianca