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The Federal Government Forces Social Media Companies to Censor Americans

April 26, 2022
In May of 2021, the Biden Administration began a public, coordinated campaign to combat the dissemination of “health misinformation” related to Covid, especially across social media platforms. Members of the Administration, including Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and the President himself, often through White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, have made clear that they blame Big…
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The Federal Government Forces Social Media Companies to Censor Americans

April 21, 2022
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Not Just Russia: America Has a Problem Speaking Truth to Power, Too

March 31, 2022
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Are COVID Vaccine Mandates for Kids Legal?

By: Philip Hamburger March 29, 2022
In the News
In the years before COVID-19 dramatically altered our political landscape, the smattering of parents throughout the country who questioned the necessity of routine childhood immunizations caught the attention of news media. Derided for touting scientifically unsubstantiated theories, such as linking vaccines to autism, these Americans were assigned the pejorative “anti-vaxxers” and hardly ever taken seriously,…
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Amici for Freedom and the Fate of Free Speech

By: Philip Hamburger March 21, 2022
In the News
What will be the fate of free speech in the United States? The answer is coming soon from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Netchoice v. Paxton. Last year, Texas protected free speech from Big Tech censorship by passing a statute finding that the largest social media platforms are “common carriers”…
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State Court Docket Watch: Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health

By: Margaret A. Little February 22, 2022
In the News
On December 10, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously affirmed,[1] on expedited direct appeal, a state trial court opinion[2] nullifying the state Department of Health’s mask mandate for all public schools. The Supreme Court agreed with the en banc trial court’s ruling that the state Department of Health lacked authority to require masks in the…
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