President Trump And The Issue Of Free Speech 

February 21, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , ,

Donald Trump is hardly the first public official to want to get back at his critics using libel laws. If he sues the publisher ...

“Fix It America” constitutional amendment is latest attempt to undo First Amendment 

February 16, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Will the Twenty-Eighth Amendment be a repeal of the First? One proposed amendment might amount to that. It calls for sweeping regulations on the ...

If $1,000 is crumbs, as Nancy Pelosi says, then campaign disclosure laws are out of date 

February 8, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

“ Crumbs.” That’s how House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described the $1,000 bonuses paid to more than 200,000 AT&T employees as a result of ...

D.C.’s Fair Elections Act would give more power to the powerful

December 30, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

The D.C. public trough is about to have another mouth to feed: politicians. The so-called Fair Elections Act of 2017, a measure that would ...

More campaign finance regulation means less political free speech

December 27, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Political donors have undermined “the very legitimacy of our democracy,” according to Russ Feingold, a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. In a recent ...

An Orwellian tale of ‘campaign finance reform’ 

December 26, 2017   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  ,

There’s a foul stench emanating from Wisconsin. And it reeks of state thuggery. An investigative report by Wisconsin’s attorney general this month revealed violations ...

Facebook and the new Red Scare 

December 12, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

The discovery that Russian-linked firms bought thousands of Facebook ads prompted the return of a common trope in America, namely, that foreigners are engineering ...

Giving Corporations More Power Is The Wrong Response To Russian Propaganda 

November 29, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Imagine a future where an all-seeing government monitors political messages and the people who view them. No matter where you are in the world, ...

Listen up Supreme Court: Warrantless tracking of smartphones violates our rights 

November 28, 2017   •  By Zac Morgan   •  , , ,

You know, your smartphone might turn on you. Not due to artificial intelligence or the Rise of the Machines — that’s still science fiction. ...

Wave election possible because of Virginia’s campaign finance laws

November 16, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , , ,

The recent election in Virginia was a wave. Democrats swept the races for statewide office. Republicans, previously a supermajority in the House of Delegates, ...

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