Quotes from #DeSantis' book "support the company’s central allegation: that the #Republican governor improperly wielded state power to punish Disney’s speech criticizing his policies, violating the #FirstAmendment.
A good reminder for our times: “The power to control what citizens can publish about the government would give leaders the power to destroy democracy. A free press is imperative to keep people informed about what leaders are doing. Lose it, and those in power can do whatever they wish without accountability.”
Here at the Washington Hilton, ahead of his remarks to the #WHCADinner, President Biden and the First Lady, Jill Biden, “are participating in a pull-aside meeting with the family of Evan Gershkovich,” according to the White House.
“We are stand-ins for the American people,” says WHCA President Tamara Keith at the event she calls America’s biggest annual celebration of the #FirstAmendment. #WHCADinner
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#FirstAmendment#FreeSpeech It’s time for me to update by “Free Speech Tropes” post, written previously for Popehat and Atlantic, that identifies common slogans/cliches/arguments about the First Amendment that are wrong or misleading — like “fire in a crowded theater” and “hate speech is not free speech.” I have some new ones to add to the mix (like “it’s in the school handbook so it’s not a First Amendment issue”) but taking suggestions for other common bad arguments/tropes/slogans.