It may not yet be “the end of free speech,” but that particular fundamental right is probably a bad candidate for a new life-insurance policy, writes J.D. Tuccille.
We have an environment in which the president of the United States is dismissive of the free speech rights of his opponents, prominent constitutional scholars sniff at free speech unless it’s used by the “right” people for their favored goals, and the country’s leading civil liberties organization is suffering an internal revolt by staffers who oppose “rigid” support for free speech protections.
Now seems like a perfect time for opponents to rally around unfettered debate and the First Amendment, suggests Tuccille. Instead, lefty academics and activists are lining up to agree with Trump that a free press and individual rights to freedom of speech, belief, and association are indeed overrated overall.
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