First Amendment
Trump attacks free speech by openly retaliating against disfavored law firms
Beginning in late February, President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at punishing major law firms for representing clients and advocating causes he does not like. The penalties include revoking…
Harvard should emulate Hillsdale College and cut ties with the government
Given the censorious conduct of colleges and universities in recent years, it takes a lot to get free speech advocates to treat them as aggrieved parties. But the Trump administration has accomplished that by using the power…
Trump’s actions contradict his avowed commitment to First Amendment rights
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at "restoring freedom of speech." But judging from his administration's policies and his actions as a private…
Harvard argues Trump’s funding freeze violates the First Amendment
You may find it hard to sympathize with Harvard, the nation's oldest and richest university, especially when it is fighting to keep billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing into its coffers. But a federal lawsuit…
Trump claims coverage of Ann Selzer poll wasn’t ‘news reporting’
Shortly before last year's presidential election, the Des Moines Register reported the results of a poll that gave Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, a three-point lead in Iowa. That surprising result, generated by…
Missouri 13-year-old suspended for making rifle out of Dr. Pepper cans
A 13-year-old Missouri middle school student was suspended for sharing a photo of his weekend art project on his private Snapchat account. The student, W.G., and his mother Riley Grunden are now suing the school district,…
Fewer people support censoring false information online
The percentage of Americans who think the government should "take steps to restrict false information online" is shrinking. According to new data from the Pew Research Center, Americans are losing patience for the…
Amid deportation crusade, Rubio says he’s defending free speech
Writing in The Federalist this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brags that he is protecting freedom of speech by ending his department's misbegotten crusade against "disinformation." Yet Rubio is…
Survey suggests most Americans dislike Trump’s speech-based deportation initiative
By trying to deport student activists he describes as antisemitic "terrorist sympathizers," you might think, President Donald Trump is cannily choosing unpopular targets who are unlikely to attract much public…
Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status
On Tuesday, Trump administration officials pulled over $2 billion in federal funding from Harvard University after the university announced that it would not comply with a convoluted, contradictory list of demands from the…
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