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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
No. The first attempts to limit the right of free speech was done just 9 years after the adoption of the constitution by Pres. John Adams when he signed the Alien and Sedition acts.
Just 9 years after the adoption of a constitution that based their nation on things such as the inalienable right to life, liberty, and property, our newly formed government started infringing upon them. |
I was just using it as an example of limiting the right of free speech. I wasn't trying to imply that it was the first attempt. 
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