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In defense of fiery words
In the wake of political violence, calls to criminalize rhetoric are growing louder. But Brandenburg v. Ohio set the bar — and it’s a high one.
Why RICO can’t be used to punish speech
RICO was meant to take down mob bosses — not protesters with megaphones. When officials try to twist racketeering laws into a cudgel against dissent, they don’t just misapply the law; they chill speech at the core of democracy.
Trump’s New York Times lawsuit is a call to action for the ‘paper of record’
The Gray Lady must stop Trump’s onslaught on press freedom dead in its tracks.
FIRE statement on FCC threat to revoke ABC broadcast license over Jimmy Kimmel remarks about Charlie Kirk
FCC chair Brendan Carr is threatening ABC for comments about Charlie Kirk’s shooter that Jimmy Kimmel made during his opening monologue on Monday