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Ted Cruz: “In the 2016 case of Matal v. Tam, here's what the Supreme…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Assault On Free Speech | Verdict Ep. 205

Published | Video Starts at 23:51

… Supreme Court of the United States, because the position of Tim Walts, the position of all those Democrats I quoted, has been directly refuted. I'm going to give one example. In the 2016 case of Matal v. Tam, here's what the Supreme Court wrote, quote, this position, rather, this position, that hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment, quote, strikes at the heart of the First Amendment. speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, or any other similar ground is hateful. (23:51–24:09)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court ruled in Matal v. Tam that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment.

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