The development led two veteran campaign strategists, as well as Herbster s chief rival in the Republican race, to question the campaign s efforts to pull the ad.
Nebraska law appears to prohibit sheriffs from campaigning for candidates while in uniform — but three elected sheriffs wore their uniforms and badges while endorsing the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
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January 11, 2021 10:35 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (
KLKN-TV) As social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook continue to monitor and even suspend some of their users, it’s brought up an important topic of freedom of speech.
While The First Amendment can often be viewed as broad, that’s essentially not the case when it comes to private companies.
“The First Amendment, is it prevents government from restricting people’s speech. It does not prevent private individuals or private companies from restricting people’s speech,” UNL Political Science Professor, Dr. John Gruhl, said.
It comes down to the terms of use everyone agrees to when they sign up for these platforms.