From WSJopinion: If today’s cultural trends continue, judges will eventually curtail First Amendment rights, write glukianoff and AdGo of TheFIREorg
Cancel culture notwithstanding, legal commentator Ken White argues that “this is a golden age for free speech in America.
” For decades, he notes, the Supreme Court has protected all manner of objectionable speech, from burning the American flag to homophobic protests outside servicemen’s funerals. That’s true—but those victories rest on a broad cultural consensus. If campus norms continue to displace free speech culture, judges and lawyers will eventually start to ignore the First Amendment or, worse, chip away at it until it is meaningless.
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