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The Trump Administration Is Banning Books on Military Bases. We Sued. Jul. 14, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On military bases across the globe, books are disappearing from shelves. Posters of historical figur... Read More
Government Attacks on Private Property May. 22, 2025
A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the liability of the FBI for invading and terrorizing the... Read More
Holes in the Constitution May. 08, 2025
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction ... Read More
Taking the Constitution Seriously Apr. 03, 2025
The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Mar. 06, 2025
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Man... Read More
Dumb Things Socialists Promise Feb. 26, 2025
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positive... Read More
Are We Headed for a Constitutional Crisis? Feb. 13, 2025
Maybe. That's the best constitutional scholars can say right now. But I'm putting my money on the fe... Read More
War and the Constitution Oct. 24, 2024
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitut... Read More
A Brief History of Free Speech in America Sep. 26, 2024
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." —First Amen... Read More
Free Speech and the Department of Political Justice Sep. 12, 2024
In 1966, two famous Russian literary dissidents, Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky, were tried and co... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Jul. 18, 2024
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Man... Read More
The Tyranny of the Majority May. 23, 2024
"Which is better - to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants ... Read More
Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee May. 16, 2024
Can an idea be dangerous? Can a dangerous idea be expressed? Can the government punish ideas it deem... Read More
Killing the Constitution Apr. 25, 2024
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Mar. 07, 2024
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that ... Read More
Milk and the Police State Jan. 11, 2024
Last week, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, state troopers and investigators executed a search war... Read More
In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence Dec. 14, 2023
"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire ... Read More
Neither Liberty Nor Safety Aug. 31, 2023
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither lib... Read More
Has Liberty Died in Our Hearts? Jul. 27, 2023
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court... Read More
Who Will Keep Our Liberties Safe? Jul. 20, 2023
What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain... Read More
