Answer: First Amendment rights are protected but not unlimited.
Explanation:
Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 under President Wilson after he criticized the war draft. He appealed to the Supreme Court which found that although the Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech in the First Amendment, the right was not absolute if it was judged to impede on the welfare of the nation.
This became a long term precedent that has been used by the Executive branch to ensure compliance with certain directives and protect certain information from the public sphere.