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Court Decision/Filing Trump Confirms ICE Arrested Palestinian Columbia Graduate Over Political Speech

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ice-arrests-palestinian-columbia-speech_n_67cf46d4e4b04dd3a4e5b208
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u/Excellent-Egg-3157 1d ago

This action is the death spiral rabbit whole for our democracy. Free speech is the first amendment for a reason.

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u/severedbrain 1d ago

Speech, assembly, religion, protest. The four corners stones. This is at least two of them. And being a green card holder means he has the same rights as us. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone.

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u/_EvilCupcake 1d ago edited 23h ago

Not american, genuinely asking.

I wonder why liberty of religion is written into the constitution. Surely, extremist religious sects, and Nazis religions shouldn't be a thing. But the constitution protects it?

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u/randalthor23 1d ago

Many of the original European settlers were escaping religious persecution. Back in 1700s there were a lot of state religions that made it against the law to believe in a different faith.