Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. The […]
Tag: freedom of speech
She condemned Palestinians and got fired. He got fired for blaming Israel
by Robin Abcarian Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an […]
Judge’s gag order on Trump may be satisfying but it’s not constitutional
by Erwin Chemerinsky Although I often wish that Donald Trump would shut up, he has a constitutional right not to. A federal judge went too far in […]
What is the future of gay rights?
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 […]
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. […]