One way to ominously expand his executive powers to attack his political enemies would be for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act and apply it with a vengeance.
There is a lot of talk these days about originalism and the need to preserve the past bequeathed to us by the Founders. Central to that vision as it relates to the First Amendment was local journalism.
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We live by lies. They make life possible, pleasurable, and profitable. What would life be if shackled to truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Well, if you clicked on that link you just heard with your own ears Elon Musk’s commitment to free speech. Amazing! So libertarian, so principled — and, yes, so ironic!