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First Amendment Rights
Episodes · 12 months
9
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Jan 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 2 of 3,584, 0 of 3,862, 4 of 4,115, 1 of 4,226, 0 of 4,731, 1 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
All time
16
+5 via 5 narrower
On record
13
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
6mo ago
May 16, 2026
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp9 people
67%
33%
- Broaden Protected Expression6 people · 67%
- Protect Journalistic Activity3 people · 33%
Broaden Protected Expression
First Amendment protections extend to non-traditional expressive acts like whistleblowing, filming in public, and symbolic displays.
6 people · 6 episodes
JR
Government restrictions on activities such as nude dancing and displays in libraries are an unconstitutional overreach that violates protected speech.
“that essentially it's just the government overreaching and invading people's constitutional rights because of something they read in the Bible and that they cannot justify in a court of law with evidence”
Danny Jones Podcast · Aug 2019 · 1 episode · 41K views on this topic
Criticizing the president through a seashell photo does not rise to the level of an actionable threat and is protected expression.
“it'll take a whole year for them to figure out that I have a First Amendment right and expression to criticize the occupant of the White House and it doesn't rise to the level of a threat of violence or death against the president of the United States.”
MeidasTouch · Apr 2026 · 2 episodes · 359K views on this topic
Hasan maintains that filming public buildings is a legally protected activity under the First Amendment.
“it's completely legal and upheld by the First Amendment to record Federal buildings like that”
HasanAbi · Sep 2023 · 1 episode · 300K views on this topicProtect Journalistic Activity
Journalistic activities, including reporting and documenting public officials, constitute protected speech under the First Amendment.
3 people · 2 episodes
The arrest of Don Lemon for reporting at a protest violates his rights as a member of the press.
“you're violating his first amendment rights. First of all, there's the issue of freedom of speech. Secondly, there's his freedom as a journalist. Freedom of the press.”
Stephen A. Smith · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 420K views on this topicEH
Don Lemon's actions are protected by the First Amendment because he was performing the function of a journalist, regardless of whether he was at a traditional news organization.
“If you just look at what he did, yes, the video in the car shows that he knew that there there was going to be a protest, that he knew it was going to be in a church. He had clearly been in some sort of communication or received some sort of tip, but journalists get tips all the time.”
Stephen A. Smith · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 180K views on this topicAS
Andrew SheetsUnrated
Andrew Sheets believes that documenting government activities with a body camera is essential for holding officials accountable and securing potential legal evidence.
“I'm not one of the guys that goes in there with a you know camera right in their face uh like I said what I would do is I would go in and I would ask for records and I would document it with the body camera handsfree uh because I you know I don't know if you know or not with Florida records law here”
Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 17K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Aug 2019