"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
The administration's demands extend far beyond its avowed concern about antisemitism and enforcement of "civil rights laws."
The secretary of state, who aims to "liberate American speech," nevertheless wants to deport U.S. residents for expressing opinions that offend him.
Just a quarter of respondents said they favored deporting students for "expressing pro-Palestine views."
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
An immigration judge's decision reinforces the constitutional argument against the law that the secretary of state is invoking.
The pro-censorship post was quite the Freudian slip from the Trump administration.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
Plus: Sanders supports deportations, tariff tracker, Panama's Jewish enclave, and more...
Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.
How a 1949 Supreme Court dissent gave birth to a meme that subverts free speech and civil liberties
When civilians are the targets, terrorists’ grievances don’t matter; it’s time to hunt the perpetrators.
Legendary musician and writer Nick Cave discusses his forthcoming album Wild God, Roger Waters and the BDS movement, and the role of freedom in seeking transcendence.
The House Oversight and Education committees are investigating the sources of “malign influence” behind campus protests. They’re using tactics Republicans used to hate.
Executive VP of FIRE Nico Perrino discusses the history and legality of campus protests.
A Jewish journal argues the problem is not the Act's definition of antisemitism, but the larger anti-speech bureaucratic edifice.
The bill would allow the Education Department to effectively force colleges to suppress a wide range of protected speech.
Reason has obtained an exclusive copy of Henry Kissinger's immigration files from the 1940s.
Teaneck already had tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A real estate sale caused it to snap.
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Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
My wife Alison Somin, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, outlines the problem.
Laws against displaying Nazi-esque iconography are well-intended, but they pose a threat to free speech and the principles of a free society.
The ADL's annual audit of "antisemitic incidents," which counted a record number last year, is apt to be influenced by changes in methodology and reporting behavior.
Massie was the only House member to vote against a resolution demanding social media companies do more to track and suppress antisemitic content.
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is much more interesting when viewed on its own merits.
Police and prosecutors want to maintain a system that punishes poor people before they’re ever convicted.
Jewish criminal justice groups are not having it.
"We're here because we have to play offense and defense against this growing hate in this country and in this world."
A crime in Monsey leads to a redundant prosecution that hinges on the defendant's anti-Semitism.
Many ideological extremes are responsible for anti-Jewish attacks.
Erroneous reporting set off a bizarre backlash that obscured the real problem.
"We must remain—especially now—vigilant to any form of discrimination," said National Louis University in a dumb statement.
Leif Olson was clearly making fun of the alt-right.
The study at the source of the viral headline was limited to counting anti-Semitic incidents, many of which were not criminal in nature.
The federal hate crime charges against John T. Earnest are redundant and constitutionally problematic.
Anti-Semitism aside, Ilhan Omar's comments about Israel illustrate a pernicious, bipartisan tendency to attack motives instead of arguments.
Plus: outrage over water bottles, and Cory Booker introduces the "next step" on criminal justice reform
Plus: Klobuchar and Warren join Democrat 2020 contest and AOC retracts "Green New Deal" draft.
Nancy Rommelmann and Leah McSweeney on the "toxic femininity" of Asia Argento, anti-Semitism at the Women's March, and 21st-century sexual liberation.
If the left is going to insist that only the most consistent enemies of bigotry are welcome in their ranks, one might expect some consistency.
The Anti-Defamation League's report actually showed that attacks decreased in 2017 from 2016.
Why are we paying for a Spanish-language propaganda station in the first place?
But many of the Alternative for Deutschland's leaders have questionable track records when it comes to anti-Semitism.
"It's climate manipulation and D.C. keep talking about 'we are a resilient city' and that's a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man."
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