A person standing on a sidewalk with a smartphone can now document events that previously might have gone unnoticed. A traffic stop, a protest, an […]
Tag: First Amendment
When Did Protest Become a “Security Threat”?
For most of American history, public protest has been treated, at least in principle, as a civic pressure valve. Loud, inconvenient, sometimes disorderly, but fundamentally […]
Trump’s Petty War on the Press Escalates
The White House’s recent decision to block an Associated Press (AP) reporter from covering two official events because the news agency refused to refer to […]