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Indoctrination, Orthodoxy and The First Amendment

Whether it comes from the right or the left, viewpoint discrimination is poison to democracy. And these days, it is coming from both sides. It is positively Orwellian — each side hopes it can exorcize words and phrases from the lexicon and thereby purge unwanted perspectives from our collective thoughts…

Freedom Of Speech

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Indoctrination, Orthodoxy and The First Amendment
Indoctrination, Orthodoxy and The First Amendment
Freedom Of Speech

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Censorship of the News in the News

The public’s right-to-know — Project Veritas has largely won the first two rounds in a lawsuit against the New York Times that goes to the very heart of our First Amendment freedoms of speech and press. Project Veritas promotes itself as a “non-profit journalism enterprise …[that] investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud…

The New York Times

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Censorship of the News in the News
Censorship of the News in the News
The New York Times

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Nov 18, 2022

A Battle for the Soul of Our Schools

The current debates about appropriate curriculum and constitutional boundaries inside the classroom are nothing less than a fight for the soul of the educational system in the United States. As Anya Kamenetz, explained in her New York Times essay, the public school system as we know it today was designed…

Schools

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A Battle for the Soul of Our Schools
A Battle for the Soul of Our Schools
Schools

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Aug 29, 2022

History Should Serve as a Guidepost to the Supreme Court, Not a Straitjacket

The simple truth is, the policy impact of the New York gun case recently decided by the Supreme Court, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (Bruen), is not likely to be significant. Even Justice Thomas’ decision as further refined by the concurring opinions of Justices Kavanaugh and…

Constitution

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History Should Serve as a Guidepost to the Supreme Court, Not a Straitjacket
History Should Serve as a Guidepost to the Supreme Court, Not a Straitjacket
Constitution

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Jul 19, 2022

Incitement to Violence and The Big Lie

The work of the January 6 committee serves as a masterclass on the power, potency, and purpose of the First Amendment: to subject all ideas, bad and good, to review and debate as an exercise in discovering the truth. But as some of us watch the televised hearings, we might…

Us Constitution

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Incitement to Violence and The Big Lie
Incitement to Violence and The Big Lie
Us Constitution

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Jun 30, 2022

Another Win for the First Amendment

In a working democracy, the people retain rights and the government exercises power. The government is often called upon to assert its power when individual rights clash: my right to speak, even to speak hatefully, vs your right to live a life in the pursuit of happiness; or my right…

First Amendment

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Another Win for the First Amendment
Another Win for the First Amendment
First Amendment

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Mar 25, 2022

The Right to Be Free of Discrimination vs the Right to Free Speech

(or It Really Isn’t about the Cake) Let’s be clear, it is wrong to discriminate against other human beings for any reason. It is ugly; it is unfair; it is dishonorable. But it is also wrong, unfair, and dishonorable to force a person to testify against their interests; to force…

Discrimination

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The Right to Be Free of Discrimination vs the Right to Free Speech
The Right to Be Free of Discrimination vs the Right to Free Speech
Discrimination

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Mar 21, 2022

America Has a Free Speech Problem — Response to New York Times Editorial

Suzanne Nossel, chief executive of PEN America, hit the nail on the head when she described the free speech problem in America: “There’s a crisis around the freedom of speech now because many people don’t understand it, they weren’t taught what it means and why it matters.” As a professor…

First Amendment

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America Has a Free Speech Problem — Response to New York Times Editorial
America Has a Free Speech Problem — Response to New York Times Editorial
First Amendment

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·Mar 4, 2022

Violent Politics and Social Media: A First Amendment Conundrum

Anger can cloud reasoning, but it shouldn’t cloud constitutional principles — Many are justifiably angry at the January 6, 2021 insurrectionists who defiled the US Capitol. Their message, their anger at the perceived unfairness of the election, is not being debated here. Their right to peacefully protest and to express their views, whether those views were based on facts or falsehoods…

Social Media

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Violent Politics and Social Media: A First Amendment Conundrum
Violent Politics and Social Media: A First Amendment Conundrum
Social Media

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Feb 7, 2022

Sarah Palin’s Duplicity and the Actual Malice Standard

Malice is intentional. It is designed to injure. Actual malice, a misnomer if ever there was one, is a constitutional standard applied in defamation actions that does not include the intent to cause harm. Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for defamation, specifically libel, which is the written…

Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin’s Duplicity and the Actual Malice Standard
Sarah Palin’s Duplicity and the Actual Malice Standard
Sarah Palin

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Lynn Greenky

Lynn Greenky

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Lynn Greenky is the author of WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS: The Boundaries and Boundlessness of the First Amendment. https://linktr.ee/LynnGreenky

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