Freedom of speech gives people the right to speak ideas freely, criticize the government, sometimes say distasteful, unpopular things, and criticize public policy. However, freedom of speech is not absolute and has certain limitations. One component of these limitations is the imminent lawless action test which states that if a speaker’s intent is to incite a violation of the law that is both imminent and likely, that speech is not protected under the first amendment. There are other limitations such as obscenity, child pornography laws and regulation of commercial speech. An example of commercial speech regulation would be
Freedom of speech gives people the right to speak ideas freely, criticize the government, sometimes say distasteful, unpopular things, and criticize public policy. However, freedom of speech is not absolute and has certain limitations. One component of these limitations is the imminent lawless action test which states that if a speaker’s intent is to incite a violation of the law that is both imminent and likely, that speech is not protected under the first amendment. There are other limitations such as obscenity, child pornography laws and regulation of commercial speech. An example of commercial speech regulation would be