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Assault On Free Speech | Verdict Ep. 205

Published | Video Starts at 22:41

If he wrote that as a first year law student in constitutional law, he would flunk. That's not even a d answer. That's an f answer. By the way, Howard Dean, member, former governor of Vermont, Democrat, ran for president. Here's what he said. Quote, hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment. By the way, the Supreme Court, it's a famous case, the Skokie case, where they upheld the right of Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois, because the First Amendment protects the right to speak, even if what you're saying is hateful. (22:41–22:52)

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