Special privileges for journalists contrary to ‘freedom of press’
Freedom of the press is as much for ordinary citizens as journalists, so the law should not discriminate against ordinary citizens.
TikTok and the First Amendment
Is spying constitutionally-protected “freedom of speech” or “freedom of the press” because it is conducted by an internet application?
The Supreme Court’s Trademark Case and the First Amendment: Carrying History Too Far
The court reached the right conclusion, but it erred in two ways.
The “Christian Web Designer Case” Could Have Been Much Easier
If it had been treated properly as a “freedom of the press” case, then whether designing was for business or personal purposes would have been irrelevant.
University toxicity: America should stop nursing the viper
Middle Americans are the givers. The professors and bureaucrats . . . are the takers. Gratitude is a rare commodity: It is human nature for the takers to resent the givers
Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the PC Police
The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Matal v. Tam sent a clear warning to government officials who seek to curtail speech they deem offensive: We won’t let you do it! The warning was particularly pointed for the PC Police at state universities who try to close down viewpoints they find “offensive.” A federal law ordered the […]
New Study Shows Campaign Disclosure Rules Violate First Amendment
This article was first published at the American Thinker website. Many commentators and politicians have attacked the Supreme Court’s 2010 case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission for holding that citizens do not surrender their First Amendment rights when they organize under state corporation law. The Vermont state legislature has even adopted an application […]
Protecting People Against "Gun Control"
My recent address in Grand Junction on the Colorado gun control laws has received widespread notice. This is particularly so of the part pointing out that the same arguments used by the legislative majority for gun control could be used to restrict other constitutional rights, such as free speech and sexual choice. I’ve reproduced the […]
Supreme Court’s New First Amendment Decision Unrelated to the First Amendment
Commentators and journalists sometimes describe the current U.S. Supreme Court as “conservative.” But that’s not true if your definition of a conservative justice is a traditional or “originalist” jurist—that is, one who applies the Constitution as the American people understood it when they adopted it. Consider, for example, the Court’s latest First Amendment case. The […]
