The case is bad enough on its own, but unless we understand its anticanonical nature, it threatens to do even more widespread damage to the First Amendment's doctrinal architecture
“That Rümeysa felt she had to return to Turkey to escape the shadow of state violence says everything you need to know about the state of free speech and academic freedom in this country,” said Ramya Krishnan, an attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...
Fun fact: the "true" in "true threats are unprotected speech" in First Amendment law comes from the Court wanting to ensure that the government could not go after hyperbole or "vituperative, abusive, and inexact" language in the political arena to prosecute people for criticisms of the president
I am thrilled that my article exploring the STRONG protection that 1A law provides against govt jawboning is now out in @uchilrev.bsky.social. It is deeply depressing however that understanding the law of jawboning remains so impt today lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
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For example from Gentile v. State Bar Nevada, 501 U.S. 1030, (1991)
For decades, it has been black letter law that the informal exercise of government power can violate the First Amendment when it creates an “informal system of censorship.” Lower courts have been deep...lawreview.uchicago.edu
