Below is my column in the Hill on the Maine decision and how it is illustrative of Justice Louis Brandeis’ warning of the danger of zealots. Shenna Bellows has long embraced extreme political and historical viewpoints, including denouncing the electoral college as a...
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Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 29, 2023 | Featured Articles
For years, we have discussed the alarming shift in the Democratic party on free speech with candidates running on pledges to censor opposing views and politicians supporting blacklisting and censorship on social media. Many citizens oppose such...
What if Jack Smith Held a Trial and No One Came? The Special Counsel Has an Ominous Week
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 14, 2023 | Featured Articles
In 1966, Charlotte E. Keyes wrote a famous article for McCall’s magazine titled “Suppose They Gave a War and No One Came.” Special Counsel Jack Smith may be contemplating the same fate. Putting the tongue-in-cheek title aside, the odds are that some people will come...
The Censorship ‘Switchboard’: A New Layer to the Biden Administration’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’
by Jonathan Turley | Nov 10, 2023 | Featured Articles
Free speech is in a free fall as millions embrace censorship as a political cause, including some now running for federal office on a pledge to silence others. One of the most alarming aspects of this period has been the emergence of a type of triumvirate of...
Jack Smith’s War on Free Speech: Attorney General Garland Should Rein in His Special Counsel
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 30, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Messenger on the renewed effort of Special Counsel Jack Smith to gag former President Donald Trump. At the same time, Judge Arthur Engoron has repeatedly fined Trump for his public statements about the New York fraud case. Engoron declared...
The President’s Taunt to Show Him the Money May Have Just Backfired
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 23, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent discovery of a $200,000 payment to Joe Biden from his brother James Biden. The investigation into the massive influence peddling operation of the Bidens has revealed a consistent pattern of corruption. Frank, James, and...
The Trump Gag Order Should Be Struck Down
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on the imposition of a gag order on former President Donald Trump by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Despite my long-standing criticism of Trump’s personal attacks on judges and critics, this gag order should be curtailed or struck down...
The Biden Family Tree: How Investigations are Exposing the Bidens’ Influence-Peddling Dynasty
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 9, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on the exposure of the Biden family and its long-standing business of influence peddling. Newly released evidence from the House Committee on Ways and Means reveals over $20 million coming from 23 separate countries on four continents to...
Four Biden Impeachment Articles and What the House Will Need to Prove
by Jonathan Turley | Oct 2, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on moving forward with the Biden impeachment inquiry. The column discusses four possible impeachment articles that could be brought by the House and what the House would need to prove. Here is the column: With the commencement of the...
The Defunct Disinformation Governance Board Sought to Censor Opposing Views on Racial Justice, the Afghan Withdrawal and Other Political Subjects
by Jonathan Turley | Sep 22, 2023 | Featured Articles
We previously discussed the defunct Disinformation Governance Board and its controversial head Nina Jankowicz. After the outcry over the program, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas finally relented and disbanded the board while insisting that it was never...
Harvard’s Jacinda Ardean Calls on the United Nations to Crack Down on Free Speech as a Weapon of War
by Jonathan Turley | Sep 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Jacinda Ardern may no longer be Prime Minister of New Zealand, but she was back at the United Nations continuing her call for international censorship. Ardern is now one of the leading anti-free speech figures in the world and continues to draw support from political...
Five Facts That Compel the Biden Impeachment Inquiry
by Jonathan Turley | Sep 14, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Messenger on the reason why an impeachment inquiry is warranted. I do not believe that a case for impeachment has been made, but there is clearly a need for an investigation into a growing array of allegations facing the President in this...
The Snap and the Scowl: The Trump Mugshot Ignites a Tinderbox Nation
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 25, 2023 | Featured Articles
We often discuss the long-standing question of whether it is better for your client to smile or not smile in a mugshot. Some believe a smile conveys a lack of contrition while others view a frown as looking guilty. In the first mugshot of a former American president,...
The Disqualification of Donald Trump and Other Legal Urban Legends
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Don't miss Jonathan Turley LIVE at the Sept. 2nd Ron Paul Institute DC Conference!Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in The Hill on the increasingly popular theory that former president Donald Trump is already barred from office under the 14th...
'A Monopoly in Expressing its Views': D.C. Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Victory for Pro-Life Group
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 17, 2023 | Featured Articles
The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has handed down a major victory for free speech against the District of Columbia. In Frederick Douglass Foundation v. District of Columbia, Judge Neomi Rao reversed district court judge James E. Boasberg who dismissed the...
'Shoeless Joe' and the Fixing of the Biden Scandal
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 14, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in The Hill on the appointment of David Weiss as special counsel. Despite my enthusiastic support at this nomination, I have come to view Attorney General Merrick Garland as a failure as Attorney General. This decision captures why I have lost faith...
Federal Court Declares Trump a Flight Risk in Secret Subpoena Decision
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 10, 2023 | Featured Articles
DC District Court Federal Judge Beryl HowellThe disclosure of a subpoena of Twitter by Special Counsel Jack Smith was surprising in a number of respects, including the hefty $350,000 fine imposed by US District Court Beryl Howell for a three-day delay as the company...
Making History in the Wrong Way: The Second Trump Indictment is a Threat to Free Speech
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 4, 2023 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in USA Today on the second indictment of former President Donald Trump. While many are celebrating the charges, the implications for free speech are chilling. While Smith did not charge incitement or insurrection (or seditious conspiracy),...
'Four Pinocchios': The Washington Post Admits Biden Has Been Lying About Hunter Not Accepting Money from China
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
President Joe Biden has been a regular recipient of “Pinocchios” by the Washington Post for his false statements on subjects ranging from election laws to abortion protections to deficit reduction. Biden is undeterred and regularly repeats false stories from his life...
Pew: Seventy Percent of Democrats and Democratic-Leaning Independents Support Speech Limits
by Jonathan Turley | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured Articles
I have previously written columns about the rising generation of censors in our country. After years of being told that free speech is harmful and dangerous, many young people are virtual speech phobics — demanding that opposing views be silenced as “triggering”...
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