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If John Marshall Is Right, Chevron Is Wrong!
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[The following is an abridged transcript of a speech given by Thomas Dupree on July 13, 2023, during the Hamburger-Frankfurter Debate at the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Mr. Dupree was assigned the ‘Chevron must be overturned!’ side of the debate.] In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall famously stated that “[i]t is emphatically the province…
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Click, Share, Retweet… DELETE: Unconstitutional Government Censorship of Social Media Platforms
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Are social media platforms truly “social?” Twitter’s mission statement reads, “To give everyone power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers.” Facebook’s mission statement includes, “the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” If these platforms were intentionally designed with missions to build a more cohesive community through the free flow…
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Missouri v. Biden: The Crossroads Between Misinformation and Free Speech
Judge Terry Doughty’s Fourth of July issuance of a preliminary injunction in the case Missouri v. Biden has drawn powerful reactions, earning the federal judge a slew of both fans and critics. I recommend my colleague John Vecchione’s discussion of the case and Judge Doughty’s ruling, which found that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their First Amendment…
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Patently Unjust: How the Patent and Trademark Office Is Attempting to Limit Criticism of the Government
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When Senator Marco Rubio quipped during a 2016 rally held in Salem, Virginia, that former President Donald Trump had “small hands” and suggested, “you know what they say about people with small hands,” very few Americans thought this interaction would make or break the democracy they have come to cherish. Yet these words, echoed in…
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Free Speech on the Fourth of July
On the Fourth of July, a preliminary injunction issued against the government protecting the rights of all Americans to enter and be heard in the modern public square that is social media without government interference. Judge Terry A. Doughty, in Missouri v. Biden, issued an order and an opinion preventing the administration from “urging, encouraging, pressuring,…
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Court’s Student-Loan Decision Is Not Legally Controversial
The Supreme Court typically waits until the end of a term before releasing its most impactful and controversial decisions. This term’s final decision was Biden v. Nebraska, which held that President Biden lacks authority to spend half a trillion dollars to cancel federal student-loan debt. The decision was undoubtedly impactful — it stopped a program that…
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