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Supreme Court to rule on your First Amendment right to silence

  • Written by Robert A. Sedler, Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University
The justices have previously ruled that the government cannot compel people to speak its message or associate with ideas they do not hold.www.shutterstock.com

New Hampshire’s state motto “Live free or die” is, for many residents, a stirring evocation of the independent spirit of colonial America.

But not all New Hampshirites agree...

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