If a shopping mall security guard overhears a person talking politics, the guard has no right to evict the speaker. Similarly, the guard should have no right to eject someone for handing a written statement to another shopper.

The Framers of the Constitution did not intend so great a role for storeowners in regulating free speech. They certainly did not envision corporate-owned, enclosed shopping malls. If we are truly a democracy, then we must return the right of free speech to our shopping districts, either by a

 

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