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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: The Cock & The Horse
Description: On May 21, 1702, Daniel Defoe, yes, *that* Daniel Dafoe, was arrested and imprisoned for his recently published pamphlet which, in keeping with Poe’s Law, failed to please the new Queen of England. This was not ancient history to the Framers of the Constitution, and they made sure that no one person could wield so much power that free expression of religion would become a punishable offense.
Over the years the idea of free expression was tested. Before incorporation the Courts were content to allow laws that limited the idea. After incorporation it became much more difficult for go...