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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 12, 2000

Suspending Rocker Impairs Spirit of Free Speech

By Alan M. Dershowitz Despite the common myth that we can say anything we please in this country, the fact is that our Bill of Rights does not grant Americans any general right of free speech.

By By Alan M. Dershowitz
        Despite the common myth that we can say anything we please in this country, the fact is that our Bill of Rights does not grant Americans any general right of free speech.
        That's why Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner, can suspend and fine John Rocker, the Atlanta Braves pitcher, for expressing bigote...

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