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User:KodyForinger/Government speech and First amendment

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There were several arguments for why the supreme court case could have violated the First Amendment. The argument used in defense of the government not violating the First Amendment and staying neutral was the coined "government speech" [1] The argument that when the government decided to not fund planned parenthood which engaged in abortions it was participating in "government speech" which means it was speaking on its own behalf and simply holding the views of those who elected them, not regulating private speech.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Lim, Lilia. "Four-factor disaster: courts should abandon the circuit test for distinguishing government speech from private speech." Washington Law Review, vol. 83, no. 4, 2008, p. 569+. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A193791403/AONE?u=mcc_pv&sid=AONE&xid=03b45e00. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018.