U.S. Supreme Court hears critical censorship cases against states

Tech platform challenges Florida, Texas laws as unconstitutional

The NCLA’s Philip Hamburger wonders if the silent majority has become “the silenced majority.” Gage Skidmore photo

Whereas the [First} amendment bars Congress from making laws ‘prohibiting’ the free exercise of religion, it forbids Congress from making laws ‘abridging’ the freedom of speech. The amendment thus doesn’t merely condemn blunt government proh…