Tag: free speech
Donald Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on Smith and Chutkan
In some ways, Donald Trump’s mental state is more transparent than nearly any public figure’s: He has no shame, little discretion, and ample channels to broadcast his feelings in real time. Yet his constant stream of consciousness and always elevated dudgeon make it hard to parse the finer fluctuations in his mood.
Even so, the former president’s public behavior since Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted him last week suggests a man feeling cornered. This isn’t to say that Trump is
Minnesota Republicans Say State’s ‘Orwellian’ Bias Registry Alive and Well, Despite ‘Fixes’
Democrats reworded a statute that would have created a registry of non-criminal discrimination, but Republicans claim the changes were cosmetic.
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The SEC Is Shirking Its Duty as a Neutral Arbiter
It’s time for the courts to step in to protect constitutional freedoms.
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They Are Still With Him
Come November of next year, Donald Trump might be elected president of the nation whose democracy he attempted to overthrow. Although it’s early, Trump is polling strongly against his successor, President Joe Biden, despite having been indicted for state and federal crimes, including a conspiracy to keep himself in power after his 2020 election loss.
The indictment, filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday, offers a detailed recounting of Trump’s effort to “overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential
Vermont Law Violates First Amendment Rights of Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers, Lawsuit Alleges
Plaintiffs say the law will limit the services the centers can provide and shut down their ability to communicate with clients on critical topics.
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Alabama Is Defying the Supreme Court on Voting Rights
Supreme Court rulings are meant to be the law of the land, but Alabama is taking its recent opinion on the Voting Rights Act as a mere recommendation. In an echo of mid-century southern defiance of school desegregation, the Yellowhammer State’s Republican-controlled legislature defied the conservative-dominated Court’s directive to redraw its congressional map with an additional Black-majority district.
Openly defying a Supreme Court order is rare—almost as rare as conservative justices recognizing that the Fifteenth Amendment outlaws racial discrimination in
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., and the Debates Worth Having
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If you could set up a debate between any two figures on any subject––and could be guaranteed that tens of millions of Americans would watch––what proposition would you want debated and who would argue each side?
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Like It or Not, Cancel Culture Is Free Speech
What Stanford Law’s DEI Dean Got Wrong
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I was overwhelmed by your responses to last week’s question on cars! So for now, I’m going to hold off on a new question and promise to send out your excellent thoughts in the next newsletter.
Modern Spirituality Is a Consumer’s Choice Now
The decline of organized religion has privatized people’s search for meaning.
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.
Question of the Week
What is your relationship with organized religion? How has it affected your life,