Freedom of Speech
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Euro Logic: We Must Kill Free Speech to Promote Free Speech
Americans must resist the delusional embrace of E.U.-style "hate speech" rules.
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Today in History: Socialist Eugene Debs Sentenced to Prison for Giving Anti-War Speech
In case in which the government and the courts rejected the First Amendment.
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Philly Can't Turn Entire Airport Into Emotional Safe Space, Say Judges In NAACP-Ad Case
The NAACP just won a years-long First-Amendment fight with the city of Philadelphia.
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Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York's Attorney-General Have to Hide?
Competitive Enterprise Institute sues NYAG Eric Schneiderman for a little Freedom of Information
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France's Burkini Ban is the Ridiculous Yet Totally Predictable Result of Legislating Morality
The French government has long tried to mandate correct thinking and secularism by curbing free expression.
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Brickbat: Say What?
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Here's What You Won’t Hear About Citizens United at the Democratic National Convention This Week
Forget Hillary Clinton and forget the DNC, Citizens United was about free speech prevailing over government censorship.
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Trump Vows to 'Protect Free Speech,' Yet Trump Favors Censoring the Internet, Silencing the Press, and Shuttering Houses of Worship
Don't believe Trump's bogus vow to defend free speech.
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Supreme Court Delivers Bitter Pill on Religious Liberty
Court refuses to hear case about Washington laws that allows pharmacists all kinds of exemptions, except ones that are matters of conscience.
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Illinois Cops Arrest 22-Year-Old for Flag Burning, Then Remember They Can’t
'Citizens should not permit them to evade responsibility,' says First Amendment lawyer Ari Cohn.
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Michigan State University Police Now Trained in Bias Prevention. What Could Go Wrong?
Policing trivial slights
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Spanish Cardinal Faces Criminal Charges for Homily Remarks
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
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When Everything Is a Crime: Harvey Silverglate on the Overregulation of Ordinary Life
"That's what causes change: the people in power begin to get hurt by their own system."
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If a Left-Wing Peter Thiel Sued a Right-Wing Gawker, Liberals Would Cheer. They Said So.
'I think it would be funny as hell if someone sued The Weekly Standard or Commentary into bankruptcy.'
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Harvard Law Prof: First Amendment Is 'Almost Entirely Without Content'
Does Donald Trump show contempt for the First Amendment? Not according to one liberal academic.
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BuzzFeed Banning Ads from Trump. For Similar Reasons, They Should Ban Ads from Clinton, Too.
Both candidates have terrible records on free speech.
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Spanking Website Wins Battle Against British Web Censors
The U.K. Office of Communications has ruled in favor of feminist pornographer Pandora Blake and her site DreamsOfSpanking.com.
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Yale Students Tell English Profs to Stop Teaching English: Too Many White Male Poets
'We have spoken. We are speaking. Pay attention.'
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Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft Agree to Hate-Speech Code of Conduct
The tech companies agree to review hate-speech notifications within 24 hours and report on their efforts to the E.U.'s "High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and all forms of intolerance by the end of 2016."
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University of Oregon Defends Bias Response Team: Believing Victims Is the Point
'The team is not there to pass judgment.'