First Real Post

First blog about free speech...
I was watching the Colbert Report last night and I noticed that the guest was talking about the first amendment and free speech. The guest, I forget his name, was a judge who had written a book, called "A Nation of Sheep" about how the American people behave like sheep in a flock. He thinks the government is over steeping their bounds and going against the first amendment. He argued that they are taking away our right to free speech by criminalizing things that people are saying. I thought this was interesting seeing as I am beginning this class on free speech! I have a feeling I will be paying more attention to issues of free speech that I might not have noticed before taking this class.