JACOB SULLUM
Mr. Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. During two decades in journalism he…
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Does the First Amendment Apply to Speech on Social Media Platforms?
While ‘none of the precedents fit seamlessly,’ Judge Leslie Southwick says, a social media platform’s right to curate content is analogous to ‘the right of newspapers to control what they do and do not print.’
Amid Record Numbers of Opioid-Related Deaths, Oregon Weighs Bringing Back Criminal Penalties on Drug Possession
Oregon voters could reverse a groundbreaking ballot initiative that eliminated criminal penalties for low-level possession of illegal drugs.
A Blatantly Unconstitutional Gun Edict Highlights the Hazards of Emergency Powers
‘I have emergency powers,’ Governor Grisham says. ‘Gun violence is an epidemic. Therefore, it’s an emergency.’
Threat of Censorship Rising as Courts Stifle Free Speech — Even a Covid Joke — as a ‘Clear and Present Danger’
A misbegotten, century-old analogy — ‘falsely shouting fire in a theatre’ — is too often used as an excuse to punish constitutionally protected speech.
Hunter Biden Case Shows How Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Uneven Enforcement
Violators are rarely caught, while the unlucky few who face prosecution can go to prison for years.
A Doughty Defender of Campus Free Speech Emerges at Cornell
Martha Pollack rejects the pernicious premise that universities should protect students from offensive ideas.
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