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Using Lawsuits to Silence the Press — How and Why This is Concerning

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Freedom of Speech is a right that Americans have held dearly since our nation’s founding. Codified in the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment importantly guarantees American citizens a right to free …

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Donald Trump’s Rhetoric Does Not Threaten the United States Media by Ethan Gruber @ The Ohio State University

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After a relative silence on the topic, President Trump vowed to re-examine libel laws in the United States. This pledge, coming on the heels of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, surely comes with an …

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Authoritarian practices of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. By Alexander Henshaw-Greene at Boston University.

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Stealth Authoritarianism, as expressed by Ozan Varol, refers to regime practices that make a country less democratic without outright violating laws or repressing opposition. Varol writes that stealth …

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