1st Amendment

A Head for an Eye: The Government’s War on the American People

This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead at The Rutherford Institution It has been republished with permission from the author. Please contact the author directly for republishing information. “The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win […]

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The Future of Free Speech

From “brownestone.org” Freedom of speech is an integral aspect of authentic freedom, grounded in the distinctively human capacity to adhere to truth through persuasion rather than imposition. While truth is objective and independent of the knowing subject, it can only be received by the subject freely. We can contrast this with a thinly grounded notion

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Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case

From “reclaimthenet.org” The joke was that two rivals could never endorse each other. The felony charge landed the day after the election. A federal judge has refused to throw out the civil rights lawsuit filed by a Texas journalist arrested over a satirical Facebook meme and declined to grant qualified immunity to the sheriff and investigator who

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Dissent Is Not Disloyalty: The Right and Duty to Criticize the Government

This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead at The Rutherford Institution It has been republished with permission from the author. Please contact the author directly for republishing information. “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional

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Thin-Skinned Government Agents Threaten Yet Another Critic

From “reason.com” Politicians who don’t like receiving nastygrams should quit government work. The Trump administration took office last year promising to reverse the speech-unfriendly policies of the Biden administration, which had pressured social media companies to censor inconvenient stories and ideas. The new White House, we were promised, would “ensure that no Federal Government officer, employee,

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The First Amendment Is Dead: Rigged Trial Sentences Peaceful Activists To Decades In Prison

From “The Free Thought Project” Numerous individuals who attended a protest outside of an ICE detention facility last July have recently been sentenced to several decades in prison on conspiracy and terrorism charges after a corrupt Trump appointed judge rigged the trial in favor of the prosecution. (John Vibes Substack) This week, two federal judges in

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Canada Passes ‘Bible Ban’ Legislation — Outlaws Biblical Verses as ‘Hate Speech’

From “thepeoplesvoice.tv” Canada is on the verge of enacting one of the most controversial anti-Christian speech laws in its history after Parliament approved Bill C-9, legislation designed to strip away long-standing protections for Christians to practice their religion. The bill is now expected to receive Royal Assent, clearing the final hurdle in the Canadian legislative

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