A FIRST-AMENDMENT REMINDER FROM EUGENE VOLOKH:

Of course, there’s the now customary quote about the “difference between free speech and hate speech” . . . No, there is no such difference under First Amendment law. Nor does First Amendment law draw a distinction between “commentary on Islam” (or Christianity or Judaism or atheism or whatever else) and “talking about politics,” since much commentary on religion is commentary on politics.

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