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How Supreme A Court?, Thomas E. Kadri
How Supreme A Court?, Thomas E. Kadri
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Facebook is planning an independent appeals process for content moderation decisions. But how much power will it have?
How To Make Facebook's 'Supreme Court' Work, Kate Klonick, Thomas E. Kadri
How To Make Facebook's 'Supreme Court' Work, Kate Klonick, Thomas E. Kadri
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The idea of a body that will decide what kind of content is allowed on the site is promising — but only if it’s done right.
Speech V. Speakers, Thomas E. Kadri
Speech V. Speakers, Thomas E. Kadri
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Twitter's new rules about extremist speech blur the lines between people and words.
Favoring The Press, Sonja R. West
Favoring The Press, Sonja R. West
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In the 2010 case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court caught the nation’s attention by declaring that corporations have a First Amendment right to independently spend unlimited amounts of money in political campaigns. The Court rested its 5-4 decision in large part on a concept of speaker-based discrimination. In the Court’s words, “the Government may commit a constitutional wrong when by law it identifies certain preferred speakers.”
To drive home its point that speaker-based distinctions are inherently problematic, the Court focused on one type of speaker distinction — the treatment of news media corporations. …
Suing The President For First Amendment Violations, Sonja R. West
Suing The President For First Amendment Violations, Sonja R. West
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On any given day, it seems, President Donald Trump can be found attacking, threatening, or punishing the press and other individuals whose speech he dislikes. His actions, moreover, inevitably raise the question: Do any of these individuals or organizations (or any future ones) have a viable claim against the President for violating their First Amendment rights?
One might think that the ability to sue the President for violation of the First Amendment would be relatively settled. The answer, however, is not quite that straightforward. Due to several unique qualities about the First Amendment and the presidency, it is not entirely …