free speech
Losing our Core Freedoms by Not Knowing We Have Them
In 2019, widespread ignorance of our core freedoms and how our government functions is just plain dangerous.
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50 Years Ago, the Court Enters the True Threats Thicket in Watts v. United States
The case should be celebrated for emphasizing the importance of politically charged advocacy and ensuring that such advocacies are not misconstrued as true threats.
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Sri Lanka Temporarily Blocks Social Media — Public Safety or Censorship?
Is the government taking a necessary step to ensure the safety of its people? Or is it a misguided act of censorship?
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Free Speech Makes Hypocrites of Us All
While everybody loves the First Amendment in theory, nobody’s all that fond of it in practice.
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Existing Libel Laws Protect the Right to Speak Freely – For All of Us
Make no mistake: The impact of chilling or weakening the Times legal protections will reach into every home, every cellphone and every social media post.
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Violent-themed Student Speech
In the wake of Columbine, school officials have taken to treating all violent-themed student speech as true threats.
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The Ripple Effects of the Government Shutdown — Why We Should be More Civil to our Civil Servants
How’s our economy doing? Are the Trump tariffs actually working? Is it a good time to buy a house, start a business or invest in the stock market? No one knows.
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A Growing List: 2019 Threats to First Amendment Freedoms
More of us than ever appear concerned about our First Amendment rights than at any time in the past 25 years.
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What The Future Holds for Free Speech, Free Press
A public discussion on the state of free speech and a free press will be held at the John Seigenthaler Center, on the Vanderbilt University campus, in Nashville, Tenn.
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‘Freedom’ is best response to white supremacy hatemongers
Attempts to censor neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups is a betrayal of our nation’s core principles — not to mention ineffective and counterproductive.
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