The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. [...] (a) The framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the “freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.” Boy Scouts of America v. [...] In Barnette, the Court held that the State of West Virginia’s efforts to compel schoolchildren to salute the Nation’s flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance “in- vad[ed] the sphere of intellect and spirit which it is the purpose of the First Amendment. [...] Smith refuses to offer the speech it seeks to compel, and it claims that the reason is that she objects to the “pro- tected characteristics” of certain customers. [...] II The framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the “freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.” Boy Scouts of America v.
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