With all of the protests about Hamas’s attack on Israel and Israel’s response thereto, the question of free speech is coming up again. Of course, all the woke and anti-woke campaigners in the US are raising lots of free speech issues, too. My main response to these is “Thank God for James Madison and his friends.” The United States is so lucky to have the First Amendment – and a Supreme Court willing to enforce it.
I could go on, but really I don’t need to – because Eugene Volokh, professor of law at UCLA, has done it so well in “Censorship Envy” at The Volokh Conspiracy (and Reason.com). There is no reason for me to try to write something when he does such a great job. Read his article/post, "Censorship Envy," here.
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