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Overview of a Logically Consistent Theory The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which simply states "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press," specifies no limits whatsoever. Courts, including the Supreme Court, have taken a very different view and have created a long and ever expanding laundry list of First Amendment "exceptions." No coherent legal theory, however, provides any rational basis for this list. Many "exceptions"--such …

…emboldened when they see that there are so many other individuals who have similar interests..." (In other, words: some ideas are so dangerous they must be suppressed. Religious fundamentalists make the identical argument for the elimination of forums that permit discussions of homosexuality.) If he is consistent, Crimmins would also have to argue that private businesses should not be permitted to rent meeting rooms for groups such as the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA).