The most credible evidence to support the claim that there have always been limits to freedom of speech in the United States would be the text of an eighteenth-century law that limits people's right to speak out against the government. This evidence is directly related to the historical context of free speech limitations and provides concrete, primary source documentation of the existence of such limits during the time when the First Amendment was ratified.
Read the following claim from paragraph 1 of the passage. “In the United States, freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. There have always been limits to this freedom.” Which evidence would be the most credible to support this claim? A journal entry from 1798 that complains about a friend's imprisonment based on anti-government speech. A quote from a website that advocates ending all limits to free speech. Statistics about limits on free speech from a protest flyer circulated at a university. The text of an eighteenth century law that limits people's right to speak out against the government.
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