Censorship Is the First Step Toward Tyranny
If you want to subject people to tyranny, the first step is to eliminate the freeness of speech.
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To be clear, the issue in Citizens United was whether corporations (and labor unions and non-profit associations like the ACLU) could spend money to express their opinions about candidates. I think there most certainly is a "plausible argument" that the original meaning of the First Amendment included such a right.
The post Originalism and Citizens United (Again) first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Major University Gets Rights Wrong: Good Morning Liberty 10-08-18
TCU gave a public statement that shows one of the "Top 100 Universities" in the country has no clue about the source of your rights or the foundation of the constitution.
Good Morning Liberty 08-13-18: More Censorship and Gun Control
Michael Boldin discusses a new poll where 43% of Republicans believe the president should have the power to close news outlets. He also covers a report showing that federal gun control enforcement increased from 2016-2017.
Today in History: Virginia Passes the Statute for Religious Freedom
On this day in 1789, the Virginia General Assembly adopted Thomas Jefferson’s landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which later would become the basis for the First Amendment to the Constitution for the United States. It was authored by Jefferson and ushered through the Assembly by James Madison. Jefferson considered this one of his most…
Podcast: Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head I talk about the First Amendment, its relation to freedom of speech, and more generally the importance of free expression in a free society. The shutdown of a Donald Trump rally in Chicago generated a lot of discussion about freedom of speech. I keep hearing people say,…
Free Speech is a Natural Right, not a ‘Constitutional” Right
I keep hearing people talk about a “First Amendment right to free speech.” The constitution doesn’t “give you” any such right.
The Muzzling of Free Speech in America
“If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” -George Washington The architects of the American police state must think we’re idiots. With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society characterized by government censorship, violence, corruption,…
Eugene Volokh on Harris v. Quinn
Eugene Volokh argues against Monday’s decision in Harris v. Quinn and “The bedrock principle that, except perhaps in the rarest of circumstances, no person … may be compelled to subsidize speech by a third party that he or she does not wish to support”: But what I don’t see is why there should be any First Amendment problem here…
Necessary and Proper Clause in an Establishment Clause case
I’m pleased to report that this past week the brilliant Justice Clarence Thomas cited my work on the Necessary and Proper Clause in his concurring opinion in Town of Greece v. Galloway, an Establishment Clause case that received wide publicity. This was the thirteenth citation in the third Supreme Court case in the past 11 months.…