Freedom is like a fire.
If you don't keep it, you will lose it.
Do you know all of your First Amendment?
​How about your Bill of Rights?
​There are a lot of things they didn't teach us. Keep reading and listening.
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I think it's important to remind ourselves of why it was important enough that our nations founders killed an actual army of people.
Source Documents
'References'
Your 'Official' opinion does not hold an ounce of weight on the scales of lady justice when she places the law on her side.
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Thankfully, Lady Liberty is not a secret keeper. We can see exactly what she will place on her side of the scale.
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Taking the time to find it can be burdensome.
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Let these government source documents speed up any understanding you may require to balance the scales of justice.
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Do not rely on opposition to have the best source or intent.
Legal Sources
The U.S. Constitution defines the law of our Congress, President, Judicial overseers. They were given power to draft the laws for us. The source document for that power is enshrined in The Constitution of the United States of America.
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It is not merely a sign post that tells us we should be following laws, but it is the foundation of the law itself and governs all that follows.
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Not meant as a tyrannical punishment tool, The Constitution dictates our protections given by God and thus unreproachable by anyone other than The Great I Am. 1 Timothy 1:9 For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders.
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Understanding situations where protections are provided to you without argument is important for allowing an exercise of free speech without fear of reprisal. It allows the speaker to come from a position of strength because it is foundationally documented that the right to do so is a protected activity.
If you visit the Office of the Law Revision Counsel you will find a source document for US code that comes directly from the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Notice the different titles, and how they break down from there into chapters followed by sections and then subsections and then paragraphs.
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Diving deeper will reveal 'renumbering' done by the government, and revisions, changes, clarifications and even repeals of law.
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You may find law somewhere else, but then it gets 'renumbered', so you must find the most current information available. To do that. Seek sources documents such as the one linked above.
An example of Indiana's statute source document is above.
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Simply performing an internet search for a particular State's laws using keywords such as 'Revised Statutes' and '.gov' along with the name of the state, and you'll have a great chance of finding a starting point within the first three links.