by Patriot Andrew P. Napolitano
October 17, 2024 - In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution - which would become known as the Bill of Rights - he insisted that the most prominent amendment among them restrain the government from interfering with the freedom of speech. After various versions of the First Amendment had been drafted and debated, the committee that he chaired settled on the iconic language: “Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of speech.”










