Pattern of Speaker Mike Johnson's legal writings: "the First Amendment for me but not for thee."

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/19/mike-johnson-legal-filings-00127832

Opinion | I Read Mike Johnson’s Legal Filings. They Reveal a Distinctive Pattern.
The new speaker’s view is “the First Amendment for me but not for thee.”

The newly elected speaker of the House of Representatives, J. Michael Johnson (R-La.), spent years as a practicing lawyer before his election to Congress in 2016, focusing in particular on free speech and free exercise of religion cases under the First Amendment.

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Less understood is Johnson’s litigation history, and what it suggests regarding his beliefs on the nature of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution and the role of religion in government. So I read about a dozen of the First Amendment cases he was involved in before he went into politics.

His legal track record is revealing, showing that Johnson can take different positions on constitutional issues depending on who the parties are. For instance, Johnson has been a fervent advocate of First Amendment protections — for Christians. When nonreligious secularists brought a religion-based challenge, he took the other side, defending the government. (Johnson has called secularists “atheists” who pressure government officials to censure God-based viewpoints.)

So while Johnson’s legal career reflects decades of arguing for free speech and free expression of religion, it has consistently been for the same religion — and not evidently in furtherance of an even-handed legal principle that would protect all religions equally (in addition to the right to reject religion altogether). Johnson’s theory, summed up, appears to be what might be dubbed, “the First Amendment for me but not for thee.” As he has described it in his own words, “the founders wanted to protect the church from the encroaching state, not the other way around.”

But only when that church is Christian.

[malaise]

1. Must read

Get thee to the greatest page
Expose this fraud

[chia]

2. For me and not thee: Literally the hallmark of MAGA

[malaise]

3. Always with these

Holier than thou shithounds

[Paladin]

4. How does Mike Johnson feel about trump's "Golden Shower" comments?

I'd like a full, detailed response from Johnson on that. Just as soon as possible.

[Skittles]

5. FOR ME BUT NOT FOR THEE

ISN'T THAT SOP FOR THE GOP?

[William Seger]

7. Yep, "I've got mine" when it comes to wealth AND privilege (nt)

[Demovictory9]

9. Well speaker Johnson might actually be broke. His fixation is marriage

Only approves of his type of marriage/ relationship

[czarjak]

6. In. The. Name. Of. Jesus. Though.

Makes all the difference.

[Old Crank]

8. Typical of all

Christofascists.
They want rights for themselves and screw the rest of you.