I believe that Massachusetts was farthest North.
Yes, the entirety of the first amendment talks of various freedoms, including the freedom of speech, in which you can criticize all you want.
A: He wanted to quickly end the war in the Pacific without invading.
Germany had surrender by this point in the war, and it was only Japan left, they didn't want to cause more casualties by a full-scale invasion, so they wanted to use the bombs in hopes to end the war for good.