This day in 1787 the Constitution was signed at the Philadelphia Convention.
Take a minute to reflect on how this document, which was penned by James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and contributed to by other Founding Fathers, has granted you the freedoms you enjoy each day in America.
Personally, I believe that the First Amendment, the Freedom of Speech & Expression is the single most important writings in our Constitution, and the best work of any governing body in history. I also believe that there was a reason the men who created the greatest country on Earth made this the first amendment. They understood how crucial the right to express one’s self is to preserving liberty. That without this right true liberty is impossible; to write, speak, live, worship, and protest the government how one wishes is impossible.
In essence, the people’s democratic power is impossible.
I know there is a lot of discussion of the freedom of speech and hate speech in the national spotlight right now. You may have seen the protest over Ben Shapiro at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday. I’m not going to ruin your Sunday morning with politics, but I would like to instead suggest some reading. This past year the Supreme Court ruled on this issue, in a case called Matal v. Tam.
That’s all. Happy Constitution Day and Sunday. I’ll leave you with those important words below.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.