Which of the following statements explains why for founding fathers felt that ptotection of free speech was crutial to a healthy democracy?

free speech impacts the system of checks and balances.
free speech is absolute and cannot be limited.
free speech encourages citizen engagement.
free speech is dependent upon the free exercise clause.

•editorial: countries that harm their own citizens cannot be true u.s. allies?

What does a most-favored-nation (mfn) status mean? a country pays the same tariffs as those paid by all mfn countries. a country has a special exemption from all tariffs in the united states. a country has special licensing agreements with u.s. corporations. a country is exempt from product standards that make it expensive for goods to be imported.

Recently, there has been pressure to loosen clean air standards. use economic arguments to support or oppose this proposed action.