Imagine that you have been arrested for a speech criticizing the government. In which years and at which levels of government would this be an unconstitutional violation of your civil liberties?

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31 August, 16:33

Imagine that you have been arrested for a speech criticizing the government. In which years and at which levels of government would this be an unconstitutional violation of your civil liberties?

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Ruth Nash · Answer 1

If you are in the United States, this action would be an unconstitutional violation of your civil liberties since 1791, the year when the Constitution of the United States was amended for the first time to include First Amendment, that guarantes the individual freedom of speech and prohibits the government from violating that individual freedom.

Criticizing the government is a form of freedom of speech, and it is one of the differences between a constitutional republic like the United States, and a dictatorship like Hitler's Germany or modern-day North Korea.

The government does not have the right to arrest anyone for expressing criticisms or views against it, and in fact, as the government serves the people, if the majority of people are against it, it should be removed from office.