ABC News settled with Donald Trump over George Stephanopoulos’s on-air use of the R-word. But it likely would have won in court, and its concession to the president-elect set back press freedom.
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The Former Harvard Law Dean Who Wants Government to Save the News Business
In an interview, Martha Minow argues the constitution doesn’t merely allow government to keep journalism outlets afloat, but requires it.
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Our Endangered Right to Protest
The founders protected demonstrations, even if drunk and disorderly, because assembly was an essential freedom. Today, courts and cops crack down on protests. Why liberals and conservatives should fight back.
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Are Conspiracy-Minded Cops Fit to Serve?
Why police officers who attended the Stop the Steal rally, even peacefully, have limited rights to stay on the force.
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Be a Patriot and Support the Washington Monthly
President Trump may not be the biggest threat on the planet, but he’s a significant threat to American journalists and media organizations.
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What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Wrong About Free Speech
Misinformation disrupts the democratic process. It does not deserve Facebook’s protection.
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The Attorney General Goes to War With the First Amendment
He doesn’t believe that human beings are capable of behaving morally outside the strictures of organized religion.
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Our First Amendment Responsibility
What two young people can teach us about exercising free speech in the digital age.
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Whose Free Speech Is This White House Committed to Protecting?
Trump attacks the press at every opportunity and wants to protect the rights of violent extremists.
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Is It Kosher for D.C. Buses to Ban Ads from the Catholic Church?
A Washington, D.C. policy bans ads with religious messages from public transit. Is that constitutional? Supreme Court precedent says yes and no.
