In Madison’s words, an effort to restrict speech, “more than any other, ought to produce universal alarm.”
A stack of reserved "Fire and Fury" books by writer Michael Wolff sit on a shelf in a bookstore in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The new book on President Donald Trump is drawn from what he said was regular access to the West Wing and more than 200 interviews, including some three hours with Trump himself. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Above all else, the First Amendment is a barrier to “prior restraints” — injunctions and licensing requirements aimed at preventing speech from entering the public domain at all.
