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California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech: The State Is Threatening to Punish Doctors Whose Advice Deviates From the 'Scientific Consensus' Nov. 23, 2022
The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which Columbia University legal scholar Philip Hamburger founded i... Read More
Freedom to Boycott Is Free Speech, Too Nov. 08, 2022
It takes a certain inconsistency to argue, as Elon Musk has, that activists are "trying to destroy f... Read More
'-30-': An Ending, but Not the End Oct. 25, 2022
When I first started writing newspaper editorials and columns for the Los Angeles Daily News in Nove... Read More
PayPal Just Gave America an Eerie Glimpse Into the Future. Now, There's No Going Back Oct. 13, 2022
Our right to free expression is unquestionably the most significant of all of the liberties that we ... Read More
Twitter Secrets Oct. 12, 2022
I love Twitter. I love it because when I joined, I "followed" people, so I get to learn what they th... Read More
The Supreme Court Decides to Take On Free Speech on the Internet Oct. 06, 2022
Back in 1996, in an effort to encourage the growth of the new "internet," Congress passed Section 23... Read More
Mocking the Police Is Not a Crime: A First Amendment Case Prompts The Onion to Explain How Parody Works Oct. 05, 2022
In a Supreme Court brief it filed this week, The Onion claims it was founded in 1756 and has "a dail... Read More
Supreme Court Showdown on Censorship Ahead Sep. 28, 2022
A staggering 99% of Twitter employees who make political contributions give to Democrats. It's almos... Read More
Time for Those in Power to Change Strategies Before It's Too Late Sep. 02, 2022
The accelerating pace at which the U.S. is falling apart is matched only by the increasing hope amon... Read More
Social Media Must Self-Police for Violence to Preserve Its Unique Value Aug. 25, 2022
Congressional Democrats are demanding that social-media companies do a better job of policing threat... Read More
Biased Twitter Continues To Rig Platform Against Conservatives Despite Musk Takeover Jul. 06, 2022
Just when one hoped Elon Musk's proposed Twitter buyout and announced termination of the deal on Fri... Read More
Twitter and the Freedom of Speech Jun. 16, 2022
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." —First Amen... Read More
FIRE's Growth Spells Calamity for Censors Jun. 14, 2022
Traffic cops who arrest drivers for flipping the bird, municipal paper-pushers who deny protest perm... Read More
Free Speech on the Internet? Jun. 02, 2022
An unusual split on the Supreme Court this week put at least a temporary halt to enforcement of a co... Read More
Blaming the Constitution May. 19, 2022
Within hours of the tragic killings of 10 Americans — nine Black and one white — in a Bu... Read More
New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech: In Response to the Buffalo Massacre, Kathy Hochul Invoked a Hoary Analogy to Justify Censorship May. 18, 2022
When politicians echo Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous observation about "shouting 'fire' in a ... Read More
Progressives' Version of 'Democracy': 2 Plus 2 Equals 5 May. 13, 2022
They may or may not have been playing the song "The World Turned Upside Down" when Lord Charles Corn... Read More
US Trade Deficit With Communist China Is Climbing May. 11, 2022
At the White House press briefing last Dec. 6, press secretary Jen Psaki made it clear that Presiden... Read More
The Conservative Surge in Twitter Followers -- The Elon Musk Effect? May. 05, 2022
In January, I wrote about a USA Today article centered around a New York University study that suppo... Read More
The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech as a Public Menace: The Alarm Aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board Is Understandable Given the Administration's Broader Assault on Messages It Considers Dangerous May. 04, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security is dismayed by the uproar over its new Disinformation Governance... Read More
