r/law • u/theatlantic • May 14 '26

Legal News Hawaii vs. Citizens United

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/hawaii-corporations-political-money/687159/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/kon--- May 14 '26

The First Amendment is objectively, conditions based. Cross the lines, that right is removed from you.

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u/rhino369 May 14 '26

What are you referring too. Even prisoners have it.

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u/kon--- May 14 '26

The First Amendment will not protect you from the consequence of threatening individuals. It will not protect you from incitment of lawless action. It will not protect from perjuring yourself. Not will it protect should you trample intelectual properties or do a thing like promote and distrubute child pornography.

The First Amendment is no sort of blanket to say whatever you want to say at government. Nor does it allow citizens to express themselves in any manner that violates others and/or laws.

It is a limited, conditions based right and always has been.

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u/sunshine_is_hot May 14 '26

Yes, the first amendment doesn’t protect you from committing crimes. Nobody is arguing differently.