The Government’s War on Free Speech: Protest Laws Undermine the First Amendment

John W. Whitehead
8 min readMar 9, 2021

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” — George Washington

It’s a given that the government is corrupt, unaccountable, and has exceeded its authority.

So what can we do about it?

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John W. Whitehead

Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is one of the nation’s leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights.