From “The Free Thought Project” The 2nd Circuit is the latest federal circuit court to find a First Amendment right to record the police. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued a landmark ruling Monday that a Connecticut man had a First Amendment right to film a police station from a public sidewalk, but […]
From “mises.org” For decades, Western democracies operated under a comfortable consensus: censorship was a blunt instrument reserved for authoritarian regimes, while the “free world” relied on open debate, robust dissent, and constitutional safeguards. This sentiment allowed Western leaders to feel superior over the rest of the world, to lecture other countries on democratic principles and,
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From “The Libertarian Institute” The desire to ban speech, in any form, is an example of insecurity inside society and government. Knowing that certain words or images may in some way draw revulsion and offense is a risk an individual must take. Not everyone will experience the same offense or revulsion, and some may even
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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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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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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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Even though I don’t participate in promoting the left or right fan club, I absolutely believe in the freedom of speech and the right to wear whatever you choose. Well we are told that we live in “The Land Of The Free, Home Of The Brave” all the time. If a person is not free
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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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(Here is a perfect example for those that still think we actually have freedom in this country.) From “Valhalla VFT”
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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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