Why is the right of speech not absolute?

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government sometimes may be allowed to limit speech , and Second the establishment clause prevents the government from creating a church, endorsing religion in general, or favoring one set of religious beliefs .

Explanation:

Explanation:

The right to free speech is not absolute. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government sometimes may be allowed to limit speech. For example, the government may limit or ban libel (the communication of false statements about a person that may injure his or her reputation), obscenity, fighting words, and words that present a clear and present danger of inciting violence.

john locke is most associated with the idea of consent of the governed which is the idea that the government is only valid if it has the consent of the people who are being governed.

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