"Free Speech" - as in "Congress shall make NO law" - meant no prior restraint, but not that there would be no consequences to what you say. In the example given here, it is clearly a case of FRAUD. If someone tells you something known to be untrue in order to induce you to do business with them, that is and always will be fraud - intended to be a punishable offense.
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"Free Speech" - as in "Congress shall make NO law" - meant no prior restraint, but not that there would be no consequences to what you say. In the example given here, it is clearly a case of FRAUD. If someone tells you something known to be untrue in order to induce you to do business with them, that is and always will be fraud - intended to be a punishable offense.