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Raid of Kansas Newspaper Is a Chilling Example of What America Must Not Become Aug. 16, 2023
If there has been one overarching theme to the tumultuous politics of this era, it is the repeated r... Read More
A Ham-Handed Bill Attacks the First Amendment in the Name of Protecting Minors From Online Harm: The Kids Online Safety Act Imposes an Amorphous 'Duty of Care' That Would Compromise Anonymous Speech and Restrict Access to Constitutionally Protected Conten Aug. 11, 2023
Late last month, a Senate committee considered a 50-page bill with a name that includes the word "ki... Read More
A St. Louis Case Raises the Trumpian Question of When Speech Becomes Criminal Aug. 09, 2023
That Omali Yeshitela holds what most Americans would consider some radical political views is beyond... Read More
A Ham-Handed Bill Attacks the First Amendment in the Name of Protecting Minors From Online Harm: The Kids Online Safety Act Imposes an Amorphous 'Duty of Care' That Would Compromise Anonymous Speech and Restrict Access to Constitutionally Protected Conten Aug. 09, 2023
Late last month, a Senate committee considered a 50-page bill with a name that includes the word "ki... Read More
Jack Smith's Jan. 6 Indictments Are an Attack on Political Speech Aug. 04, 2023
If recklessly lying to voters were a crime, most everyone in D.C. would be serving life in solitary ... Read More
The Press's War Against Free Speech Jul. 21, 2023
Have we gotten to the point that it's politically necessary to defend the principle of free speech? ... Read More
Informal Censorship Is Worse Than Book Burning -- And It's Here Jul. 20, 2023
Suppose the president of the United States voices concern over media concentration. The president pr... Read More
Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech: The Response to the Decision Illustrates the Alarming Erosion of Bipartisan Support for the First Amendment Jul. 14, 2023
Last week, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction that bars a long list of fed... Read More
Biden Trashes the US Constitution to Muzzle Critics Jul. 12, 2023
President Joe Biden has played his cards: all bluff, no aces. Biden is the defendant in a lawsuit a... Read More
Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech: The Response to the Decision Illustrates the Alarming Erosion of Bipartisan Support for the First Amendment Jul. 12, 2023
Last week, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction that bars a long list of fed... Read More
How Many Did Supreme Court Sentence to Death in Recent Term? Jul. 05, 2023
The Supreme Court's ethics-tainted term ended last week. Plenty has been written on the court's mome... Read More
Pride Police Insist Free Speech Is 'Unsafe' Jun. 21, 2023
June is designated as Pride Month, which is allegedly about inclusion and diversity, but the Pride P... Read More
Core First Amendment Rights Are Implicated in This Supreme Court Case About True Threats Jun. 12, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The internet is full of strong, impassioned, sometimes offensive language. In response to an activis... Read More
Welcome to Major League Baseball's Struggle Sessions Jun. 02, 2023
The Toronto Blue Jays' Anthony Bass is really sorry. You see, Major League Baseball teams like the... Read More
The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech May. 08, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In 2019, police in Castle Hills, Texas, arrested Sylvia Gonzalez, a 72-year-old first-time city coun... Read More
Another Republican Legislature Expels a Democrat, Citing 'Decorum.' That's Rich. May. 02, 2023
For the second time in less than a month, a Republican-controlled state legislature has blocked a De... Read More
Blogger's New Book Spotlights Worrisome Trend That Is Chilling to Free Speech Apr. 27, 2023
A friend recently suggested I check out Tim Urban's new book, "What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book... Read More
Cornell's President Defends Free Speech Against Illiberal Impulses: Martha Pollack Rejects the Pernicious Premise That Universities Should Protect Students From Offensive Ideas Apr. 19, 2023
The last time I spoke at Cornell University, the turnout was tiny but attentive. Conservative commen... Read More
Time to Stop Worshipping Youth Over Wisdom Apr. 13, 2023
It has become something of a trope for political actors and thought leaders to seek the engagement o... Read More
Free Speech Needs Muscle Apr. 11, 2023
Officials at Stanford University could learn something from the New York City Police Department abou... Read More
