Free Speech

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The Cult Of Free Speech In The United States In 2023

The issues raised by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, which predictably ended with the acquittal of the former White House occupant, are the logical continuation of a presidency that has pushed the limits of the American legal system. Lawyers for the former president- who was charged with inciting insurrection –…

Obscenity Laws and Free Speech

Obscenity refers to a very narrow category of pornography that violates the current community standards and can be proven to have no serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. This remains one of the most controversial and confounding areas of First Amendment Law, since, as Justice Potter Stewart put it…