Our democracy rests on a fragile but enduring promise that disagreements are to be aired through speech, through debate and through the ballot box. Not through intimidation, not through violence, and not through bloodshed. That promise is enshrined in the Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. precisely because the framers understood, as we all know, that democracy cannot function without the ability to argue, to disagree, and sometimes offend each other without fear of retribution. (21:31–21:37)
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Asserts that the Constitution protects freedom of speech and assembly.
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