But the First Amendment protects against the Government; it does not leave us at the mercy of noblesse oblige. We would not uphold an unconstitutional statute merely because the Government promised to use it responsibly. [...] The Government’s assurance that it will apply [a statutory provision] more restrictively than its language provides is pertinent only as an implicit acknowledgment of the potential constitutional problems with a more natural reading.
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John Roberts was chief justice of the united states since 2005. John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia →