Thursday, March 26, 2015
It
is, however, a basic First
Amendmentprinciple
that "freedom of speech prohibits the government from telling
people what they must say." Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and
Institutional Rights, Inc., 547
U.S. 47 , 61 (2006)
(citing West Virginia Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette, 319
U.S. 624 , 642 (1943),
and Wooley v. Maynard, 430
U.S. 705 , 717 (1977)).
"At the heart of theFirst
Amendment lies
the principle that each person should decide for himself or herself
the ideas and beliefs deserving of expression, consideration, and
adherence." Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 512
U.S. 622 , 641 (1994);
see Knox v. Service Employees, 567
U.S. ___ , ___-___
(2012) (slip
op., at 8-9 )
("The government may not ... compel the endorsement of ideas
that it approves.").
