No, I’m right. I don’t think I’m right. This is an objective fact that everyone ought to know.
The first amendment reads:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It is explicitly about preventing and overriding laws. The fact that constitutional rights trump legislation is just a plain fact. Go ask any lawyer: “Which takes precedence, the constitution, or legislation?”
Does that mean that someone can burn things down or kill people as a form of free expression? No. But the legal principles that determine that those things would never be classified as free speech aren’t written in legislation. Such a piece of legislation would be meaningless.
To say free speech doesn’t apply because something is illegal is just a complete misunderstanding of the law.
