Donald Trump Is Torching the First Amendment. Judges Are Putting Him in His Place

Cartoon: In the Age of Trump…

Much like Nero, Donald Trump will be remembered for his in-action in a time of peril and destruction(not to mention that he was the one who created the peril and destruction, in the first place).

Donald Trump Is Torching the First Amendment. Judges Are Putting Him in His Place

From all sides, the Trump administration is stomping on the freedoms of speech, association, and the press. The courts and civic society are emerging as crucial checks against his authoritarian impulses.

Cult Century: 1970s Roots Of Trumpism, Part 4 of 25 - Falls Church News

In the 1930s, despite the impact of the Hays Censorship Board on restricting content, movies were perhaps the nation’s top influencers in a world that was being wacked by authoritarian regimes, both communist and fascist. They served a huge role in ameliorating the terrible impacts of the Great Depression and the unresolved ongoing crises that

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"The Bully's Pulpit" Transcript: Ep. 2 | Knight First Amendment Institute

Cristian Farias: Welcome to the Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment. I'm your host, Legal Journalist, Cristian Farias. Here's where we keep track of the president's systematic and coordinated assault on the many freedoms of the First Amendment and how people and communities are fighting back. Among the first actions the Trump administration took earlier this year was the purging of public information, research, health, and climate-relate