The recent RICO cases had to do with multiple actions of harrassment etc., and are not concerned with the content of the speech presented. Had the defendants been pro-choice activists using the same tactics, the decisions would have been the same. In this country, the best defense against speech is more speech. I would not consider it an assumption. It does so, it seems, in unemotional issues.
Every issue is emotional.
I recently received a catalog of Ladino texts that might be of interest to some of the readers. They currently have 9 items in the catalog, including a Ladino Pentatuch. It is a research publisher and the items are not inexpensive but of great value to anyone who want to have access to this Jewish material. I believe that God exists, and is capable of creating a universe where His children would not have to worry about disasters. We must have the dangers to get us out of our contentment and on with the task, which we cannot finish.