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Free Speech and Right Speech

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Free Speech Unmuted: The First Amendment and Privacy Rights

Jane Bambauer and I explore the uneasy collision between free speech and privacy law—from anonymous pamphlets and wiretaps to revenge porn, hidden cameras, Hulk Hogan, and whether...

The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech

Protecting the First Amendment

The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Many progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private companies to c...

Protecting the First Amendment

The Importance of Free Speech in American Public Junior High and High Schools

When I was in college, liberals, not conservatives, were more zealous in defending free speech, when it came to issues… The post The Importance of Free Speech in American Public Ju...

Panel on Free Speech at the Library of Congress This Tuesday (June 2), 5:30 to 7:30 pm (Moderated by David Lat)

Mary Anne Franks (GW), Emerson Sykes (ACLU), and I will be discussing a wide range of free speech matters.

Democrats love free speech — until conservatives get some

A major media company wants to expand while making a clearer commitment to free speech. You would think that would cheer any American who still believes in the First Amendment.Inst...

Catholics and the Freedom of Expression

Freedom of expression is deemed a basic human right by the Catholic Church. Being able to speak about the revealed truth of God has been the foundation of the Church since the very...

Letter of the day

Dear Editor The suppression or removal of our historic rights to free speech in Britain by government fiat is totally unacceptable and must be reversed and restored, for free speec...

Student Speech and Civic Education

In this post, I shall continue down the free speech as autonomy-enhancing path, contending that engagement in freedom of expression… The post Student Speech and Civic Education app...

No Heckler's Veto Allowed at School Board Meetings

The case arose when a public commenter "attempted to express her views regarding the school district's alleged teaching of critical race theory."

Free Speech Victory for Counselors – Part 2

By Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism. (Photo credit: adflegal.org) An earlier article discussed the recent Chiles v. Salazar case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Col...

Brian Fraley: Wisconsin forged a fortress for press freedom in 1848. We are still fighting to keep it open

Wisconsin entered statehood with one of the strongest free expression guarantees in the nation. Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution declared that every person may fr...

Free Speech and Respect for Student Autonomy

In my book, in defense of considerably more constitutional protection for student speech, I make an autonomy-enhancing argument, relying not… The post Free Speech and Respect for S...

Kansas opinion writers penned a free speech legacy. Lawmakers have trashed their priceless example.

Our nation marks 250 years this summer, and while the accomplishments and shortcomings of this nation have been documented and debated ceaselessly, I like to think that one unalloy...

Ban on "Personal, Impertinent or Slanderous Remarks" in City Council Public Comments Is Unconstitutional

So the Fifth Circuit held a few weeks ago.

Free speech is no excuse for hate

EDITORIAL: Protecting the First Amendment

Bipartisan bill on “jawboning” deserves support.

Good News for Freedom of Speech?

George Will reports with relief that "the separation of powers might actually be working" regarding a bipartisan proposal to make amends for a ruling many had hoped for, but that t...

Editorial: Don’t stifle free speech at UH

University of Hawaii alumni of a certain age, and other kamaaina, will conjure vivid images when hearing the term “Bachman Hall sit-in.” In 1968, the peak of the Vietnam conflict,...

How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies

The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more. The post How Defendi...

Freedom of Speech Does Not Mean You Can Ignore the Facts, Nor Change Them

by Ray Cardello at CDN - If you listen to the words of Democrats, you would think they all still dress in the garb they wore the day they each signed the Declaration of Independen...