■ Faced with a rise of extremism in the ranks, U.S. Secretary of Defense clamps down on racist speech.
■ Author Margaret Atwood tells The Guardian that Salman Rushdie shows us if we do not defend free speech, we live in tyranny. (An update on the Rushdie assault.)
■ Alex Jones paid a huge price for his lying, but will the verdict actually curb misinformation?
‘Egregious affront to the First Amendment.’ Sen. Rand Paul, in response to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, is the latest legislator pushing to repeal the Espionage Act.
■ Free Speech Center’s Ken Paulson says Donald Trump’s post-election rhetoric comes close to the line where speech becomes criminal.
■ In a Washington Post opinion piece, a former ACLU president urges all of us to make freedom of speech liberal again.
■ The founder of a censorship-free web browser tells Fox News Digital that his platform is the only way for conservatives to battle liberal tech giants.
Mama Bears pounce. ProPublica reports that Georgia moms behind a book-banning campaign now allege they are being censored, and claw back with lawsuit.
■ A New Mexico man, convicted in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and now at the center of a lawsuit to remove him from public office, cannot use the First Amendment as a defense, experts say.
■ Court reverses Phoenix police officer’s dismissal over anti-Muslim Facebook posts.
■ New York governor accuses GOP challenger of petition fraud, citing thousands of photocopied signatures.
Of civics and civility. Stephen Breyer and Neil Gorsuch come together in this “polarized time” to promote education about the Constitution.
■ All 50 of the United States were tested on free-speech support, and 43 failed, according to the latest Institute of Free Speech Index.
■ A University of South Florida senior explains in the Tampa Bay Times why he still has hope for a culture of free speech on college campuses.
■ New York governor accuses GOP challenger of petition fraud, citing thousands of photocopied signatures.
Of civics and civility. Stephen Breyer and Neil Gorsuch come together in this “polarized time” to promote education about the Constitution.
■ All 50 of the United States were tested on free-speech support, and 43 failed, according to the latest Institute of Free Speech Index.
■ A University of South Florida senior explains in the Tampa Bay Times why he still has hope for a culture of free speech on college campuses.
■ Court rules that an Illinois State coach was wrongfully terminated for posting an “all lives matter” poster.
Barrier beef. Conservative students are suing community college administrators who they say tried to “put barriers up against our ideas” during a freedom week.
■ Faith-based crisis pregnancy clinics run by pro-life advocates are being drawn into a First Amendment fight.
■ Religion-based lawsuits are growing over Florida’s 15-week abortion ban.
Barrier beef. Conservative students are suing community college administrators who they say tried to “put barriers up against our ideas” during a freedom week.
■ Faith-based crisis pregnancy clinics run by pro-life advocates are being drawn into a First Amendment fight.
■ Religion-based lawsuits are growing over Florida’s 15-week abortion ban.