by Ruslan Moldovanov | Oct 28, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
It is flattering that a commentator as astute as Andrew McCarthy would respond to my Wall Street Journal article questioning the current public-school system. But it is dismaying that, in “The Wrong Way to Fight Progressive Indoctrination in Public Schools,”he...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 22, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
The public school system weighs on parents. It burdens them not simply with poor teaching and discipline, but with political bias, hostility toward religion, and now even sexual and racial indoctrination. Schools often seek openly to shape the very identity of...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 13, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Our government rules us in many ways. Theoretically, by law. As a practical matter, by administrative edicts. But that’s not all. It also controls us by purchasing our submission. The problem crosses party boundaries. All recent administrations have governed by...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 5, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Last weekend, we published an essay in the Wall Street Journal arguing that Big Tech services and platforms that function as conduits for the speech of others can constitutionally be subject to state civil-rights statutes barring viewpoint discrimination. One reason...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 31, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Does the Constitution require Americans to accept Big Tech censorship? The claim is counterintuitive but the logic is clear: If you submit a letter to this newspaper, the editors have no legal obligation to publish it, and a statute requiring them to do so would be...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 15, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
The intimidation game has begun. President Biden announced last Friday the formation of a commission on reforming the Supreme Court, and Democrats in the House and Senate responded on Wednesday by announcing that a bill to add four justices to the high court is...
