Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally.

abridging the freedom ... Speech and Free Press Clauses, and few Founding-era political controversies excited detailed discussion of what the clauses meant. The governments of the time were small ...

This plays into already raging debates at many schools over free speech and academic freedom. Judy Woodruff… News Wrap: Supreme Court sides with cheerleader kicked off squad for social media ...