Opinion
February 19, 2026

Reading between the lines of the First Amendment

THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO READ information. One is to look only at the black-and-white letters. You take in the text exactly as written and process it on that basis alone. If you were on the Supreme Court, this would make you an originalist — someone who does not bring outside forces or changing mores into the U.S. Constitution.

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