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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

When meeting with an attorney to determine what she could take to protect herself from Counterman, C.W. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. .” The post SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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“MyPillow Guy” Becomes a Nightmare for a Jan. 6 Rioter — and for Free Speech

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the re-arrest of an Iowa man who took part in the January 6th riot. Here is the column: In “A Man for All Seasons,” Sir Thomas More confronts Richard Rich, a former protege who lied in court to convict him in exchange for being named attorney general of Wales. The focus of the Jan.

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Biden’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Court Finds a ‘Massive Attack’ on Free Speech in Government Censorship Efforts

JonathanTurley

Every authoritarian government in history has justified censoring citizens because their views are harmful or false. Judge Doughty found that the two states “are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that the government has used its power to silence the opposition.” Doughty was previously rebuked by the U.S.