Why is this elected official, paid by the American people, using his power to engage in #viewpointDiscrimination, and violate the #FirstAmendment rights of individuals and businesses that express ideas he doesn't personally agree with?
"Minnesota is poised to prohibit #bookbans in #schools and public #libraries... The law establishes... a 'Library Bill of Rights' and states that libraries cannot restrict access to material 'because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.'"
In the latest installment of Oklahoma's elected officials not having the necessary background to do their jobs, we have this:
The Satanic Temple plans to place ministers in Oklahoma schools if new bill becomes law
Of course Oklahoma legislators don't want those chaplains in schools. And, it apparently never occurred to them that allowing one religion means allowing ALL religions. I don't even think this is some misguided 1st Amendment challenge. It's just ignorance, ignorance that doesn't belong in public office. #Oklahoma#FirstAmendment#ReligiousFreedom#SatanicTemple
#HouseRepublicans are seeking to unite their unruly majority around an evergreen #conservative cause, devising a strict response to the wave of pro-Palestinian protests….
I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.
Once again, I beg the people calling for US federal or state governments to host #Fediverse servers to consider the implications of the #FirstAmendment on server moderation.
Remember how the courts have ruled that elected officials can't block people on social media? That, only many times worse.
The minute such a server existed it would be inundated with CSAM and other illegal material in replies to posts from it.
This may not be impossible to solve, but it's probably nearly so. #politics#USPol
Some jails allow book shipments from Amazon and big-box chains, while denying book shipments from independent bookstores. Now, an independent bookstore, Avid Bookshop, has filed a lawsuit alleging that this is unconstitutional.
I'm not sure exactly where and how the #FirstAmendment ought to fit into our discussions about the fate of #TikTok, but it surely fits somewhere. Does Chinese control mean that TikTok enjoys no constitutional protections whatsoever?
New this morning at Media Nation: A longtime investigative nonprofit may be nearing the end of the road, and why a federal judge’s civil contempt ruling threatens a free and independent press. #journalism#FirstAmendmenthttps://dankennedy.net