Former law clerk to 2 Supreme Court Justices here.
The NYT ed. board is out of its collective mind this morning. There's no right--anywhere--not to be shamed or shunned because you say vile racist, fascist, repulsive things.
1st Amendment prohibits gov't punishing speech. 1/3
The NYT ed. board is out of its collective mind this morning. There's no right--anywhere--not to be shamed or shunned because you say vile racist, fascist, repulsive things.
1st Amendment prohibits gov't punishing speech. 1/3
Neither the 1st Amendment--or any other right--prevents private individuals from appropriately recoiling in horror when someone says vile racist things or parrots murderous Russian fascist talking points or spews debunked lies and conspiracy theories about horse de-wormer. 2/x
In fact, the First Amendment assumes that the government doesn't need to punish vile speech, because the rest of us will respond to it. We will tell the speaker (1) You are wrong, and (2) there are social consequences to your not just wrong but vile point of view. 3/3
The First Amendment gives Nazis the right to march. But it doesn't require decent people to sit next to them at a table.
Stephen Miller caged children at our border and spews white nationalist talking points. No decent human should employ him or speak civilly to him. Ever. 4/4
Stephen Miller caged children at our border and spews white nationalist talking points. No decent human should employ him or speak civilly to him. Ever. 4/4
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