Chiles v. Salazar · ¶135

First, and most fundamentally, is preservation of the marketplace of ideas. See Abrams v. United States, 250 U. S. 616, 630 (1919) (Holmes, J., dissenting); Meyer v. Grant, 486 U. S. 414, 421 (1988). Indeed, the “whole project of the First Amendment” stemmed from the Founders' desire to protect the “critically important” goal of having “a well-functioning sphere of expression, in which citizens have access to information from many sources.” Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, 603 U. S. 707, 732 (2024). Within the marketplace of ideas, speech that is expressive of the speaker's thoughts and views is, generally speaking, highly valued. See Leathers v. Med- lock, 499 U. S. 439, 447 (1991); Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union, 535 U. S. 564, 573–574 (2002).

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