Distrusting “Suspicious” Online Ads Is No Excuse for Restricting Americans’ Free Speech

May 7, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

A new study is being hyped as evidence that the government needs to police the First Amendment on social media. This month, the Campaign ...

Democracy Faces Many Challenges, But Free Speech is Not One of Them

May 3, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

On Tuesday, the Brookings Institution held an event entitled “Democracy’s resilience: Is America’s democracy threatened?” During the event, a panel of scholars discussed trends ...

Free Speech Doesn’t “Drown Out” Other Voices

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April 5, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

This week, Katrina vanden Heuvel penned an op-ed in The Washington Post alleging that “big and dark money” are “drown[ing] out” the voices of ...

Free Speech is Free Speech, Regardless of Whether it Advances One’s Societal Goals

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March 28, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Last week, FiveThirtyEight published an article analyzing the First Amendment jurisprudence of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. While the overall thrust of the ...

Campaign Finance Institute Report on 2016 Election Spending Shows that Money Isn’t Everything

March 20, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

In politics, it’s easy for narratives to take hold before the facts have a chance to catch up. Political speech issues are no different. ...

A Sunshine Week Reminder: Transparency is for Government; Privacy is for People

March 16, 2018   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

By now, you may be aware that it’s Sunshine Week, “the annual nationwide celebration of access to public information” organized by the American Society ...

A Government That Can Ban Ads on Public Transportation Can Restrict Other Forms of Speech Too

March 15, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Can a subway system ban advertisements that convey a controversial political opinion? What about an ad that asks riders to “embrace humanity and inclusion”? ...

The Price of Corporate Speech Rights: Sometimes They’ll Say Things You Dislike

March 5, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

A wave of businesses distancing themselves from the National Rifle Association is increasing skepticism of corporate political power among conservatives. A recent article in ...

SCOTUS Brief in Brief: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky

February 20, 2018   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

On February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. In 2010, Minnesota prohibited a ...

Can the Clinton Campaign Be Indicted?

February 18, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russians for various violations of U.S. law pertaining to elections is drawing a lot of quick and ...

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