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Media on the run: A sign of things to come in Trump times? — First Amendment News 451

December 18, 2024

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‘What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea’ – Major new book coming next year — First Amendment News 450

December 11, 2024

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Trump’s FBI director pick Kash Patel: A clear and present danger to freedom of the press — First Amendment News 449

December 3, 2024

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D. John Sauer, the next Solicitor General — the government’s SCOTUS lawyer in First Amendment cases — First Amendment News 448

November 20, 2024

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149 days and counting! Will the White House grant a posthumous pardon in the D.M. Bennett Case? — First Amendment News 447

November 13, 2024

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Socratic free speech scholar Frederick Schauer dies at 78 — First Amendment News 446

November 6, 2024

Frederick Schauer’s New York Times obit described him as the “scholar who scrutinized free speech.” How true, and in so many ways.

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Let the uninhibited debate begin! – Lukianoff v. Franks? – First Amendment News 445

October 30, 2024

George Washington Law professor Mary Anne Franks is ready to take on some noted First Amendment advocates, including ��ýapp�ٷ�’s own CEO Greg Lukianoff.

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An open invitation to Justice Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze to reply to their new book’s critics — First Amendment News 444

October 23, 2024

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Floyd Abrams, ‘Journalists need stronger protections than the Supreme Court has recognized’ — First Amendment News 443

October 16, 2024

Floyd Abrams (aka “Mr. First Amendment”) may be 88 years old, but he continues to pad his resume with ever more impressive accomplishments.

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Seth Berlin: Some further thoughts about K-12 student speech, including the on-campus/off-campus distinction — First Amendment News 442

October 2, 2024

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