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That’s about as “free speech for me, not thee” as it gets. When it comes to the GOP’s boss, Trump, free speech hypocrisy is one of the only consistent political principles he’s ever held.
Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.
The politics of free speech, it seems, stops at the water’s edge. The AP sued on First Amendment grounds and, though a Trump-appointed federal judge didn’t yet lift the ban, ...
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan has set the standard for freedom of the press for more than six decades — reversing it would end free speech as we know it.
Even supposedly “free” Western countries are liable to crack down on free speech on a moment’s notice, as a recent “60 Minutes” segment makes clear. Here in America, we can insult our ...
But it quickly became a conversation over free speech and what an opinion writer can say. That was more than 20 years ago but it never left me. The debate of what speech is protected has always ...
CBS’ “Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan argued to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday that Nazi Germany used free speech to advance their agenda.
Shift from a speech-stifled nation like Russia in 1950 to a free one like Japan in 2017, and political access for marginalized groups greatly increases. Where speech flows, accountability follows.
A judge allowed a trial to determine whether the Trump administration has used immigration policy to limit foreign student protesters' “free speech” rights.