In June 2017, in case MATAL, INTERIM DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE v. TAM,the United States Supreme Court ruled that racially offensive trademarks are protected under the First Amendment and entitled to trademark protection.Applying Matal v Tam, the Washington Redskins could keep their name, yet they are now in the process of changing it.Should the First Amendment protect racially offensive trademarks and allow businesses the freedom to choose how they wish to be known?Why

Respond to a student post that comes to a different conclusion than you did.Identify what you think is the strongest argument on the other side and why