My favorite defense so far of Trump Jr. is that he had a First Amendment right to take opposition research from Russian Government
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People from the left and right completely bought my April Fool's parody. This says a lot about today's First Amendment absolutism /4
which would seem to take any political crime committed with words, slap a 1st amendment label on it, and call it kosher. /5
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Hard to see courts saying Trump Jr. could conspire w/ Russian government to release damaging campaign info as constitutionally protected /6
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But already folks are trying out this argument in the court of public opinion. "Hey, it was *just* information. NBD." /7
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I had a strange discussion with a 1A absolutist once.He argued it was unconstitutional to criminalize perjury. "Congress shall make NO law!"
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right to free speech does not equal right to say whatever lies you want to the public as a public servant. And no one should have that right
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