Reply To: The future of the democracy of the U.S. government

@AviK
“CTL,
1. You are correct if you mean that the government cannot make it only a public forum for liberals. However, it makes no sense to say that if they create a public forum they cannot create it because of the First Amendment.”
This is not what I wrote. If the government creates the forum it IS subject to the First Amendment (creation is Government Action_.
#2…what does paying have to do with it? If the forum (such as CompuServe or Aol in the old days) took fees from people in other states than their HQ it was Interstate Commerce and could be attacked under those rules. Gifts are not considered commerce (although the purchase and deliver may be commerce and interstate).