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Why is the speech considered a US seminal document? Take into consideration when, and where the speech was presented, along with whom the speech was presented to and how it contribute to our national

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The First Amendment protects against abridgements of the "freedom of speech."  Although in many cases the question of whether speech has been regulated is not in doubt, as with most restrictions on oral or written communication, in some it is an important threshold issue for courts to consider.  If the regulated activity is not "speech," then it is not protected by the First Amendment and there is no need to extend the constitutional analysis further.

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