The politicians, in this case Republicans, will continue to attempt to chip away at it, but will find little success in the long run. The First is clear on this matter and only a new Amendment can change it at this point. (Which new Amendment would be certain to fail in the current political environment.)
Now please, everyone, take note, Freedom of Expression doesn't mean freedom from people, companies, or organizations disassociating themselves from you. In fact, Freedom of Expression implies Freedom of Association. So cancel culture will be with us for the long term as well.
> The politicians, in this case Republicans, will continue to attempt to chip away at it, but will find little success in the long run. The First is clear on this matter and only a new Amendment can change it at this point.
Law is not self-executing, it is enforced by humans, and if you make the law very hard to change on paper, it just becomes easier to change the people enforcing it than the law on paper. All it takes is a single faction controlling the Senate and White House with sufficient commitment to an issue to make it a judicial litmus test for long enough to get a compliant majority on the Supreme Court to make the Constitution do anything they want, regardless of what it says.
The politicians, in this case Republicans, will continue to attempt to chip away at it, but will find little success in the long run. The First is clear on this matter and only a new Amendment can change it at this point. (Which new Amendment would be certain to fail in the current political environment.)
Now please, everyone, take note, Freedom of Expression doesn't mean freedom from people, companies, or organizations disassociating themselves from you. In fact, Freedom of Expression implies Freedom of Association. So cancel culture will be with us for the long term as well.