In times of crisis, safety and freedom may seem like they’re at odds with each other. A society that respects individual liberty can’t implement the same kinds of drastic laws and policies that a more authoritarian one can.
The First Amendment protects activities adjacent to voting, but stops short of voting itself
The First Amendment protects your right to express yourself freely. While you can do a lot of different things with that freedom, its highest purpose, and the reason that the Constitution’s framers wanted you to have it, is to express yourself politically.
First Amendment-ish
There are some things that are obviously First Amendment issues and there are others that just as obviously aren’t.