The role of #FreeSpeech in #Democracy | #SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan

I think what the first amendment is most about is how it is that thought and speech reflection on ideas can Aid in Democratic governance and that was at the core of Justice brandis's view was the connection between free speech and democracy the connection between what we say to each other in this country and how we govern ourselves when we decide cases involving First Amendment claims when the cases are about speech that relates to government policy that relates to public policy of various kinds that relates to the sort of speech that is crucial for citizens to engage in in order to decide where it is that the country should go that deserves the highest form of protection