AI, Lawsuits, and the Free Speech We Meet Each Day
A Politico headline about lawsuits and artificial intelligence points toward a civic question that now reaches kitchens, classrooms, libraries, and phones: when new tools shape speech, how should a free society think about responsibility without losing sight of real people?
Why student free speech rights do not extend to high school graduation speakers
A recent Raleigh News and Observer story raises a familiar civic tension: students have speech rights, but a graduation ceremony is also a school event with its own purpose and rules. The controversy helps explain how free speech works in o
When the Supreme Court Says No: What Two Denied Appeals Suggest About Free Speech in Ordinary Life
The Supreme Court declined to hear two very different appeals: one involving an elementary school student and an AR 15 hat, and another involving a death row inmate alleging racial discrimination in jury selection. Even without new rulings,