Republican Lawmaker Gives Unhinged Answer on Free and Fair Elections

One of the MAGA foot soldiers tapped as a potential vice president pick by Donald Trump argued in an interview on Fox Business on Friday that the federal government “should not be involved in elections.” “There are a lot of Continue reading Republican Lawmaker Gives Unhinged Answer on Free and Fair Elections

Judge Absolutely Destroys Elon Musk’s Transparent Free Speech Claim

A California judge on Monday dismissed X owner Elon Musk’s pathetic lawsuit against a nonprofit that studies misinformation and hate speech for highlighting the social network’s flaws. Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate in August, accusing the research Continue reading Judge Absolutely Destroys Elon Musk’s Transparent Free Speech Claim

Supreme Court Gives Abbott Free Rein on Controversial Immigration Law

“The only FRAUD in the Peekaboo James case, our failed and disgusting New York State Attorney General, was her convincing ‘Judge’ Arthur Engoron to put a value on Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, of just $18,000,000, when it is worth Continue reading Supreme Court Gives Abbott Free Rein on Controversial Immigration Law

It’s Not the University President’s Job to Police Free Speech

In our book, we deliberately chose not to discuss hate speech in terms of “harm,” and we specifically critiqued the proposition that (as one of our colleagues put it) “a commitment to inclusivity requires that impact is elevated over intent.” Continue reading It’s Not the University President’s Job to Police Free Speech

Democratic Socialists Are Deepening the Struggle for a Free Palestine

In 2001, I remember when every member of my family bought American flags to display outside our homes in hopes of heading off Islamophobic hate crimes, while fewer than 10 percent of U.S. voters opposed the march to war and Continue reading Democratic Socialists Are Deepening the Struggle for a Free Palestine

A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time

The judge pointed to two areas where the Supreme Court has shifted things towards a history-and-tradition test in recent years: the 2019 case American Legion v. American Humanist Association, which involved the Establishment Clause, and New York State Rifle & Continue reading A Right-Wing Judge Aims to Undo Free Speech, One Drag Show at a Time