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First Amendment
First Amendment news and analysis from The Nation
August 20, 2019
How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.
July 23, 2019
Stevens was precisely the kind of justice that neither side wants appointed: a pragmatist, skeptical of rigid doctrinal tests.
May 31, 2019
Why the indictment of the WikiLeaks publisher is an attack on freedom of the press.
May 30, 2019
Since 1917, the US government has used the Espionage Act to restrict freedom of speech, to imprison activists and whistle-blowers, and to dismantle progressive organizations.
April 11, 2019
The indictment, charging him with hacking one password, may seem like good news; in fact, it’s an attack on investigative journalism.
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November 22, 2018
Allowing the wearing of a hijab on the House floor respects the commitment that there shall be “no religious test” for elected officials.
November 20, 2018
If the First Amendment means anything, it is the right to obtain public-interest information from impure, indeed hopelessly tainted, sources.
September 12, 2018
Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has recast free speech and the Constitution’s core principles in order to entrench the power of employers and the wealthy.
August 1, 2018
The president is trying to construct an alternate reality where he alone tells the truth.
July 20, 2018
A firestorm over the Miami Dolphins’ penalties forced pro football to pull back on punishing players for national-anthem protests.
