<span>No, because the right to free speech allows for a reasonable regulation of time, place, and manner so long as the regulation is content neutral.
The right of free speech that Citizens in United States have extended until those citizens cause a certain amount of harm toward other citizens. If this happens, both other citizens and the Defense Department have the right to stop the speech..
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The government wasn't powerful enough. They couldn't even tax the people, so the government was too broke to offer any kind of assistance when it's country was in need. (Couldn't afford a military when they needed it, for example -- there were a lot of domestic issues that they couldn't take care of.)