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Detaining Öztürk over an op-ed is unlawful and un-American
A Tufts international student's detention for writing an op-ed revives the ghost of the Alien Acts and puts the First Amendment at risk.
VICTORY! Tenn. town buries unconstitutional ordinance used to punish holiday skeleton display
After a federal lawsuit, the town of Germantown has killed an ordinance that was used to fine a resident for using giant skeletons in a Christmas lawn display.
For the rich, free speech — for others, a SLAPP in the face
Texas lawmakers once stood up for free speech. Now, some seem more interested in helping the rich sue critics into silence.
A New McCarthyism: How one Dane views free speech in America
The very ideal that so many of noncitizens cherish as America’s “first freedom” is now being curtailed.