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A federal judge ruled that signs reading 'Trump raped little girls' and related protest flags are protected political speech, barring the government from threatening to revoke permits over them.
A federal judge ruled that protest signs with explicit language accusing Trump of sexual assault are protected political speech under the First Amendment. The government had threatened to revoke event permits over the signs; the judge blocked that action as unconstitutional censorship.
This is a straightforward free speech win. The government tried to suppress unpopular speech by weaponizing its permit authority — threatening to shut down events unless protesters removed offensive signs. The court said that's not how the First Amendment works. You don't get to silence speech you find crude or insulting just by threatening to block someone's event. The ruling protects political protest even when it's blunt and uncomfortable.
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