Incorrect answer:

NO, your comments are protected speech since you were exercising your constitutional right of free speech is INCORRECT.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is inapplicable to your situation as it prohibits Congress from making laws abridging the freedom of speech. While article II, section 10 of the Colorado Constitution prohibits the enactment of any law impairing the freedom of speech, this constitutional guarantee is not absolute. The grant of authority to the General Assembly made by article V, section 12 of the Colorado Constitution is plenary and, unless limited elsewhere in the constitution, is exclusive. This means that the General Assembly's legislative power is absolute as the constitution is not a grant of that power, but only a limitation on that power.

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