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Twitter and the Freedom of Speech Jun. 16, 2022
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." —First Amen... Read More
FIRE's Growth Spells Calamity for Censors Jun. 14, 2022
Traffic cops who arrest drivers for flipping the bird, municipal paper-pushers who deny protest perm... Read More
Blaming the Constitution May. 19, 2022
Within hours of the tragic killings of 10 Americans — nine Black and one white — in a Bu... Read More
New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech: In Response to the Buffalo Massacre, Kathy Hochul Invoked a Hoary Analogy to Justify Censorship May. 18, 2022
When politicians echo Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous observation about "shouting 'fire' in a ... Read More
Is Nancy Pelosi Establishing a Religion? Apr. 27, 2022
When the House of Representatives convened for a three-minute session on Monday, the proceedings ope... Read More
In Praise of Censorship Apr. 23, 2022
The only former president of the United States to ever make a living teaching constitutional law cam... Read More
Campus Free-Speech Problems Come Down to Culture Mar. 17, 2022
We've all heard stories about university administrators cracking down on free speech. But free expre... Read More
Politicians Can't Block Online Critics Mar. 15, 2022
Government secrecy doesn't require a high-level security clearance, a locked vault in the bowels of ... Read More
Did an Assistant Football Coach Establish a State Religion? Feb. 23, 2022
There are four minutes left in the third quarter of a public high school football game in the state ... Read More
The Great Joe Rogan N-Word Controversy Feb. 17, 2022
White popular podcaster Joe Rogan apologized after someone posted a 30-second compilation clip on Yo... Read More
The Attack on Joe Rogan Is an Attack on Dissent Feb. 09, 2022
Joe Rogan must be stopped. This is the consensus from all of the wisest and most compassionate voice... Read More
Parson's 'Christian Values' Litmus Test Is Blatantly Unconstitutional Feb. 04, 2022
Even when Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is right, he finds a way to be wrong. In a press release correct... Read More
Does a Seattle-Area Coach Have a Prayer in His Supreme Court Case? Jan. 31, 2022
CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania — With 48 seconds to go in a high school football matchup last fall be... Read More
Free Speech Has to Be Free Jan. 27, 2022
This Monday, Neil Young told Spotify, "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both." His comments were an... Read More
Sarah Palin's Libel Suit Could Stifle Political Debate Jan. 26, 2022
Sarah Palin was supposed to be in court this week, and not because she's been indicted for criminal ... Read More
Perilous Times Jan. 20, 2022
These are perilous times. They are made worse by the government's political reaction to lawless beha... Read More
Clickbait Crusaders Challenge Cops Jan. 18, 2022
An activist's testy exchange with a small-town police chief is stoking outsize outrage on YouTube, t... Read More
Fox News Finds a Way To Rationalize Host's Assassination Advocacy Dec. 27, 2021
There's nothing even slightly funny or acceptable about public discourse that calls for young people... Read More
Three Books for Liberty-Loving Readers in 2022 Dec. 23, 2021
This time of year, dear readers, is when us writers curate lists. Some are about the best movies, to... Read More
Court's Ban on Publication of a News Story Must Not Be Allowed To Stand Dec. 02, 2021
One of the most ominous legal threats to the free press in decades is quietly looming in a New York ... Read More
