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Arrested And Deported For Exercising First Amendment Rights?
Making Our Rights Disappear: The Authoritarian War on Due Process
“If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.”—Robert Reich The war on due process is here. No trials. No hearings. No rights. Just indefinite detention and secret deportations. This is the fate that awaits every one of us, not just immigrants (legal or...
A Brief History of the Freedom of Speech
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”-- Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. Notably absent were...
Perilous Times for Personal Liberty
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a socialist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a...
American Spring? Uphold Freedom of Speech on American Campuses
Throughout my political career, I have steadfastly defended the First Amendment, particularly the right to free speech. In 2002, I delivered a speech entitled A Prayer for America, where I challenged the rationale of the PATRIOT Act and questioned actions that...
DOJ Deploys ‘Antisemitism Task Force’ to Four US Cities as Part of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protests
The US Department of Justice said Thursday that its recently created “Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism” will be heading to four US cities as part of the Trump administration’s broad crackdown on college protests critical of Israel. The DOJ said the...
‘Listen Carefully it’s Actually Much Darker’: How the Left is Framing Free Speech as a Front for Fascism
The defense of free speech by Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich, Germany, has led to open panic on the left in fighting to maintain European censorship and speech criminalization. The response of the American press and pundits was crushingly familiar. From CBS News...
Crimson Tide: Only One-Third of Harvard Students Feel Comfortable Speaking About Controversial Subjects
Harvard has long been accused of fostering an anti-free speech environment and quelching viewpoint diversity. That was the subject of my recent debate with Law Professor Randall Kennedy at Harvard. A new report confirms many of the objections...
Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed At Deporting Anti-Israel Protesters
Last spring, a wave of protests across college campuses nationwide against Israel's war in Gaza became the focal point of the growing cultural schism further dividing American society. The dichotomy between supporters and opponents of those protests...
Week One, Trump 2.0: How’d He Do?
Saved from the Terror of TikTok
Thank goodness that our heroes in Congress and the Supreme Court have courageously acted to end the scourge of that nefarious Red Chinese conspiracy, TikTok. This evil computer program was designed to mesmerize, corrupt and mislead America’s youth. Not since the...
TikTok and the Freedom of Speech
“Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speechor of the press…”--First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O....
Trump’s 2nd Admin, Cali Aid, Tik-Tok Ban, Journalist Assault – Friday Media Roundup
House of Representatives Approves Legislation Threatening Nonprofits’ Free Speech
On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives approved legislation that would threaten nonprofit organizations’ exercise of free speech rights. The legislation would accomplish this goal by empowering the US government to selectively clamp down on nonprofits...
The Danger Is Real: The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working
If the three-ring circus that is the looming presidential election proves anything, it is that the Deep State’s plot to destabilize the nation is working. The danger is real. Caught up in the heavily dramatized electoral showdown between Donald Trump and Kamala...
Cut the Truth Out of Our Heads
The censors are losing patience. They have gone from regretting the existence of free speech and gaming the system as best they can to fantasizing about ending it through criminal penalties. You can observe this change in temperament – from frustration to fury...
Did 60 Minutes Commit Fraud In Its Kamala Interview?
Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem
In a perfect example of the Nanny State mindset at work, Hillary Clinton insists that the powers-that-be need “total control” in order to make the internet a safer place for users and protect us harm. Clinton is not alone in her distaste for unregulated,...
So…How’d Kamala Do?
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