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belltaco
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The Twitter Files, Part Six
Have you read the first amendment? It starts with Congress shall not make a law...
FBI is not Congress.
etchalon
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Maybe, but the generally excepted judicial standard is "the government can't impugn freedom of speech, outside of a compelling interest."
That includes the Executive.
lp0_on_fire
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The FBI was created by an act of congress...thus it cannot infringe on first amendment protected activies.
lsh123
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“FBI acted illegally (outside of Congress authorization)” works for me too
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FBI is not Congress.