When the First Amendment Collides With Itself: Josh Kolsrud on Don Lemon’s Federal Arrest

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In his Phoenix Fox 10 Talks appearance, defense attorney Josh Kolsrud breaks down what he calls a fascinating constitutional clash: the First Amendment battling itself. On one side—freedom of speech and the press. On the other—freedom of religion and the right to worship without obstruction. Kolsrud explains that federal laws like the FACE Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act specifically prohibit interfering with religious services. The legal turning point, he says, isn’t that Don Lemon entered a church—but whether Lemon crossed the line from journalist to participant by facilitating, directing, or obstructing the protest inside.

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