-OBY EZEKWESIL
I would not be here today without this fundamental right. If we fail to fully exercise it, history warns that we will lose all our hard-won civil liberties—the First Amendment stands as the cornerstone of human rights in this nation. Yet when government officials actively resist, the path forward becomes treacherously unclear, leaving citizens confused about how to effectively stand their ground in defense of their inherent rights. This is my attempt, my contribution, to illuminate that path by sharing information for those who find themselves trapped in the suffocating grip of systemic corruption—whether in our courtrooms, police stations, legislative halls, or regulatory agencies—where power is abused, truth is manipulated, and hope seems impossibly distant.
I stand with you.
ARTICLE 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
While the First Amendment enshrines the people's right to free expression, assembly, and petition, systemic forces—whether through judicial manipulation, legislative loopholes, or selective enforcement—find ways to erode these protections without outright violating them (most of the time). The illusion of unabridged rights remains intact, but the mechanisms of suppression operate in the shadows and the same as they ever have: court rulings that favor the powerful, laws that redefine 'peaceable assembly' to justify crackdowns, and media narratives that filter dissent into obscurity. The fundamental freedoms exist on paper, but their exercise remains the whim of corrupt
Commonwealth v. Kelly, 2000 PA Super 254, 758 A.2d 1284, 1288 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2000).
Lewis v. City of New Orleans, 415 U.S. 130 (1974)
Thurairajah v. City of Fort Smith, 3 F.4th 1017 (8th Cir. 2021)