Freedom of expression is a political right  Freedom of expression is enshrined in the constitutions of all WLDs because it is a necessary political check on the government. For example article 10 in the European Convention on Human Rights [1] and The First Amendment in the United States. [2] The protection of this right is most severely tested when the ideas are abhorrent to our morality but when one person is denied their freedom, it is a harm to everyone’s freedom.  [1] ‘Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms’, June 2010,   [2] ‘Amendment I’, Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute,