User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-159685-20120118065610/@comment-4625146-20120118071540

Actually, they aren't. At least, not entirely. Your First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression does have limits. Freedom of speech is not a valid argument if that speech is used solely for the commission of a crime (e.g. you a criminally liable if you warn someone about cops so that they avoid a ticket, or getting caught while committing a crime, etc.). There are also restrictions around hate speech. Restrictions of constitutional rights tend to be acceptable when they prevent the impingement of the rights of others, or to put it as an analogy: "Your right to punch me ends at the tip of my nose."