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Jamie Raskin: “It never occurred to me that we needed a bill called the Government Censorship Act because that is what the First…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2023
It never occurred to me that we needed a bill called the Government Censorship Act because that is what the First Amendment does.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin argues that the First Amendment already protects against government censorship.

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