by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the civil rights laws, is […]
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Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture
by Ronald Collins and Ronnie Marmo On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated […]
Free speech needs muscle
Officials at Stanford University could learn something from the New York City Police Department about defending free speech while maintaining order. When hecklers prevented an invited speaker […]
How I became a tool of China’s giant anti-American propaganda machine
by Nicholas Goldberg When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as […]
Need another hero like the man from Tiananmen Square
History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square. It was June 5, 1989, and the world […]
Don’t cancel Amy Coney Barrett’s book
by Stephen L. Carter Kudos to Penguin Random House for sticking to its plan to publish a book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett despite a petition from […]
Rushdie and the defense of ‘hate speech’
by Jonathan Zimmerman “Professor, why should we allow hate speech?” Over the past few years, that’s become the most common question that students ask me in class. […]
We can’t let gov’t tell us to ‘shut up, or else’
by Gene Policinski There may be no worse assault on our freedom of speech than a law that would permit the government to tell us to “shut […]
Florida sets up a witch hunt for liberal professors
College isn’t what it used to be, that’s for sure. Although long-ignored voices of people of color are finally more likely to be heard, college is overall […]
Judge slams Fla.’s attack on the First Amendment
In their frenzy to protect Donald Trump’s “free speech” rights to spread falsehoods on social media, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans appear to have misunderstood — […]