...not stand." Id., at 5. As Chief Justice Hughes wrote in Stromberg v. California, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the...responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...Charles Evans Hughes once wrote: "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussions to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...importance of safeguarding the community from incitement to the overthrow of our institutions . . . the more imperative is the need to preserve inviolate...rights of free speech, free press and free assembly. . . . Therein lies the security of the Republic, the very foundation of constitutional government.21...

...Charles Evan Hughes once wrote: "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussions to the end that Government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes declared, and I quote again: The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the...responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...restrictive possible to serve that interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Hughes said, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the...responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...restrictive possible to serve that interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Hughes said, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the...responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...and the correctness of his own position. Only an absolute interpretation of the First Amendment could "preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of free...government may be responsive to the will of the people. Therein," Justice Black concluded, "lies the true security of the Republic, the very foundation of...

...For, as the Supreme Court has stated in a case interpreting the speech clause, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the...responsive to the will of the people, and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity essential to the security of the Republic, is a fundamental...

...equitable relief as will enforce the provisions of this section." CONCLUSION The First Amendment safeguards "the opportunity for free political discussion to...that government may be responsive to the will of the people."2* It is the duty of American citizens, not the government, to shape the parameters of political...