FIRE was the brainchild of University of Pennsylvania history professor Alan Charles Kors and Boston civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate, who co-authored the 1999 book, The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses.Source: Move over ACLU, FIRE is the New Champion of Free Speech....
Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...
As anti-quarantine protests spread across America, so does the fight for individual liberty. At a time when government has never been more powerful, Americans from Pennsylvania to the California are right to question its limits.Source: COVID Protests: First Amendment Is an 'Essential' Service...
WASHINGTON — In upstate New York, Travis Trudell got an alert on his phone Wednesday morning telling him the impeachment hearings had started. He turned on Disney Plus instead. In Wisconsin, Jerre Corrigan never considered watching. She spent the day giving a math lesson to third graders.Source: ‘No One Believes Anything’: Voters Worn Out by a Fog of Political News...
Twitter has banned political ads, Facebook hasn't — who's in the right? There are powerful arguments on both sides, but the one thing they all have in common is the desire to strike some sort of balance between freedom of political speech and attempting to quell the flow of false information.Source: Silicon Valley congressman: Regulate political ads on Facebook just...
The Campaign for Free Speech survey found that 51% of Americans say the First Amendment should be rewritten and 48% say that “hate speech” should be illegal.Source: 'Outdated' First Amendment should be rewritten, majority say...
(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs.Source: GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’ group...
It won’t stop foreigners from meddling in U.S. elections, but it would traduce free speech.Source: Honest Ads Act Is False Advertising...
“There is no question that public disclosure of donor identities burdens the First Amendment rights to free speech and free association” the federal judge wrote.Source: NY Ethics Law Requiring Issue Advocacy Groups to Disclose Donors Is Struck Down as Unconstitutional...
An upcoming hearing is ominous for supporters of free speech.Source: FEC Chair Embarks Down the High-Tech Road to Censorship...
