Restricting Speech

All my instincts, they return
And the grand façade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
--Peter Gabriel

Review of recent objections, primarily by liberal columnists and academics, to legal rulings protecting freedom of speech. Religious signs, ballot selfies, Citizens United, occupational licensing, regulating drug company info sharing.

These examples suggest that whenever free speech impedes other agendas, then many liberal commentators believe that the First Amendment should give way, lest it serves as a "straitjacket for our institutions of democracy."

Imposing limits on government is precisely why the Constitution and Bill of Rights were written.