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...
by mason.riggs | Jan 29, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Section numbers of federal statutes rarely stir the soul, but one of them, 230, stirs up much fear, for it has seemed to justify censorship. Relying on it, tech companies including Google and Twitter increasingly pull the plug on disfavored posts, websites and even...
