Free expression
On Campus Speech: Thanks, Mr. President — But No Thanks
Taking a shortcut through the First Amendment in the name of free speech is not a good idea — and that’s what Trump’s approach will be.
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Texas Appeals Court Rules Defendant’s Free-Speech Rights Not Violated by Introduction of His No-Snitching Tattoo into Evidence
A Court of Appeals ruled tattoos can be used to establish elements of a crime or motive.
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Making the Web, Social Media ‘Better’ Places — with Caution
We need to temper calls to “protect” ourselves from that which we do not like, lest we replace such with sanitized content intended to pacify rather than inform.
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You Think Bombs Will Deter, Discourage and Destroy Freedom? Think Again.
If you think this latest round of attacks, as dangerous and sad and reprehensible as it is, will quiet a free people, guess again.
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Hefner, Rolling Stone: Goodbye to two original free spirit, free speech icons
With the impending sale of Rolling Stone and the death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, the sun sets on two champions for free expression.
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The Real Threat to Free Expression
How young people became so unwilling in critical instances to talk to each other is a fundamental question for higher education.
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How could court find U.S. flag T-shirt disruptive?
When a totality-of-the-circumstances approach is used in constitutional law, it usually means that the government will prevail and the individual asserting a constitutional claim will lose.
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To the high court: Olive Rabe representing Rosika Schwimmer
It was a Friday, April 12, 1929, when Olive Rabe, counsel for the appellant, entered the old Senate chamber with its grayish walls. She walked down the red carpet toward
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