A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Free Speech and Its Discontents
Tag: First Amendment
Fighting Trump’s Witch Hunt on Campus
A coalition of University of California faculty, students, staff, and labor unions are suing the Trump administration for violating their free speech and academic freedom.
Trump Threatens CODEPINK with RICO Charges after Public Confrontation
Trump wants RICO charges against CODEPINK looked into after D.C. restaurant protest, escalating crackdown on dissent and free speech, writes Natalia Marques.
As Non-Profits, US Religious Institutions Can Now Endorse Political Candidates
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer comments on the Internal Revenue Service’s move to change how it enforces the Johnson Amendment, which for more than 70 years has restricted charities from endorsing political candidates.
Chris Hedges: Abolishing the First Amendment
The burlesque in a committee room of the New Jersey state house over a law conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism was another depressing reminder of our path towards an authoritarian state.
Snatching a US Immigration Journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls Mario Guevara — now in chaotic ICE captivity — the only journalist imprisoned in the U.S. in direct retaliation for his reporting.
Enforcing Silence
Imagine the U.S. government requiring public speech or enforcing public silence in return for the benefits it gives out, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Well, it is happening under our noses today.
US House Stops Bill Imprisoning Boycotters of Israel
A rare fracture among Republicans helped stall what would have been the most extreme escalation yet of anti-BDS laws in the U.S., Robert Inlakesh reports.
Taking the US Constitution Seriously
Everyone should be free to speak their minds and live without fear of masked men grabbing them for deportation to a hell hole in Louisiana or El Salvador, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Israeli Lawsuits Target Americans
The wave of litigation against pro-Palestine Americans could help the “non-profit killer bill” passed by Congress target opposition to Israeli policies, writes Robert Inlakesh.