Trump: We will regulate or 'close down' social media platforms before they silence conservatives

The Washington Times ^ | May 27, 2020 | David Sherfinski

[FreedomNotSafety]

I gave you no such answer. You have yet to explain how government regulation of speech is allowed by the First Amendment. It’s quite simple. It doesn’t take a philosopher to understand that “Congress shall pass no law...”. If you have some basis in natural law that compels the government to override the Constitution and force private people and entities to engage in government enforced speech let’s hear it.

[DiogenesLamp]

" I did understand however, that my oath to preserve the constitution to the best of my ability, imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government -- that nation -- of which that constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the constitution? By general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now avow it."