John Klar: Free speech on trial again in Vermont
The question for Vermont this March 31 will be whether this tolerant, liberal state will again gain national notoriety for its lack of tolerance and disregard for established free speech law.
Clarence Thomas warns of bid to ‘silence’ Federalist Society with new ethics rule
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas panned a draft ethics rule that would dissuade judges from formally enrolling in ideological groups like the Federalist Society and its liberal counterpart, the American Constitution Society (ACS).
Activists in Burlington shut down discussion on clash between feminism and transgender identity
Lesbian feminist Peggy Luhrs and her group Gender Critical Vermont have been forced to cancel a discussion at the Fletcher Free Library about the clash between transgenderism and feminism, according to reports by WCAX and Seven Days.
Paige, Klar accuse VTDigger of coordinated attack on ‘Agripublicans’
Two Republican candidates for statewide office accused a nonprofit news organization Wednesday of coordinating a political attack designed to discredit new “Agripublican” candidates who announced their candidacies earlier this month.
John Klar responds to article about Hallquist, transphobia claims
“Efforts at guilt by association seek to tarnish not just me, but all of our accomplished and brave agripublican candidates, and our exceptional policy ideas.”
After pressure, California school lets homeschooler play ‘Joy to the World’
Now that it’s December, the left wants to make it clear that Santa Claus isn’t the only thing coming to town — so is censorship.
Justice Neil Gorsuch said ‘Merry Christmas’ on television and people are going crazy
Leftwing critics suggested the justice was signaling his sympathies with people disturbed at the secularization of American public life by saying “Merry Christmas” instead of its capacious alternative “Happy Holidays.”
Liberal journalist advocates to change First Amendment protecting free speech
The former editor of Time wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on Tuesday making an argument for why the First Amendment needs to be changed to include a hate speech law.
Opinion: The left’s dangerous assault on free speech
By asserting that hate speech leads to mass violence, the left hopes to persuade Americans to relinquish their right to free speech. To make that more palatable, they insist that freedom of speech is merely a “value,” instead of a right.
Guns and cannabis: The insidious creep of tyranny
Either we reclaim our constitutional heritage, or we collapse in barbaric anarchy that will make us wish we were instead at the fall of Rome. The prescription is to defend the Constitution against the insidious creep of tyranny.
Opinion: New York City fine for saying ‘illegal alien’ an assault on the Constitution
The city will now censor and penalize anyone for using the correct legal term that has been used in both federal immigration law and numerous court decisions, including by the Supreme Court. This is an outrageous violation of the First Amendment.