Felix Frankfurter , Milk Wagon Drivers Union of Chicago, Local 753. v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc., 312 U.S. 287, 293 (1941). The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. Anthony Kennedy , International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672, 672 (1992) (concurring). You do not define the First Amendment. It defines you. And it is bigger than you. That's how freedom works. It also demands you do your homework. Charlton Heston , Speech to the National Press Club (14 September 1997). You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the "assault weapons" of the First Amendment. They're ugly, a lot of people don't like them, but they're protected by the First Amendment — just as "assault weapons" are protected by the Second Amendment .
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