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Free Speech as a “A Delicately Manicured Garden”: A Review of Speechless

Michael Knowles: “Free speech cannot be an open plain; nor can it be a jungle; it must be a delicately manicured garden."

Probable Cause

Attorney John M. Berry Jr. in Kentucky is defending his right to criticize a decision made by the state's Legislative Ethics Commission. Was his language at fault? Or is someone…
Katherine Dalton
April 14, 2011

Why I Hope Westboro Baptist Church, the ACLU, and Dahlia Lithwick Get Their Butts Kicked By the Supreme Court

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.
October 7, 2010