1st Amendment
5 Founders on Free Speech and Press – Vol 2
As many founders told us – there is nothing so terrible to tyrants and their tools – as free speech and a free press. Learn more about these essential natural rights from Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, George Washington, James Madison and Thomas...
Originalism and Citizens United (Again)
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley) has an op-ed in the L.A. Times calling the Supreme Court Justices “partisan hacks.” At Volokh Conspiracy, Josh Blackman and Jonathan Adler have some sharp responses. I want to focus on a relatively small part of the...
Free Speech Under Attack: The Sedition Act of 1798
On July 14, 1798 – John Adams signed the Sedition Act into law. This is one of the most egregious violations of the Constitution in history – criminalizing free speech and the press just years after the 1st Amendment was ratified. Path to Liberty: July 14,...
The War on Assange is a War on Truth
It is dangerous to reveal the truth about the illegal and immoral things our government does with our money and in our name, and the war on journalists who dare reveal such truths is very much a bipartisan affair. Just ask Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was...