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		ceejayoz 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting The modern conception of the First Amendment is pretty recent. It didn’t even apply to state governments until the 1920s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitlow_v._New_York Their “basic principles” included counting some humans as 3/5 of one. John Adams himself signed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts into law, too.

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