Free speech at air show applies to all

The public’s view of the rights to free speech and expression as defined by the First Amendment ranges the entire gamut of beliefs, from the unfettered “anything goes” dictum of former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to the puritanical sentiments espoused by the other extreme. Naturally, the majority of us fall somewhere between the two; nevertheless, a definitive distinction may never be reached as seen in the proliferation of split decisions handed down by our judiciary, to include the Supreme Court.