Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel and the Future of Free Speech in America NYT | Opinion By: David French 19 September 2025 at 04:56 Frederick Douglass knew what free speech was. Why don’t we?
What to Know About ‘Hate Speech’ and the First Amendment NYT | Top Stories By: Adam Liptak 18 September 2025 at 00:51 There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says. © Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times“Speech is powerful,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in 2011. “It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and inflict great pain.”