UNBELIEVABLE: Genevieve lakier - The Untold Story

ICE-Tracking App Pulled From Apple Store Triggers Free Speech Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, sued the Trump administration after Apple pulled his app under AG Bondi's demand, igniting a national debate on free speech and government pressure on tech.

International Business Times UK · Dec 8, 2025

Freedom of Expression Does Not Include the Right to Trespass

On Sunday, I wrote, with regard to my new article on freedom of speech and college antisemitism: Coauthor David L.… The post Freedom of Expression Does Not Include the Right to Trespass appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jul 2, 2025

Can the IRS revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status?

For years, President Donald Trump has complained that colleges and universities are “indoctrinating” their students with “radical left” ideas and has said they should lose their tax-exempt status

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

Free Speech and Private Power: No Categorical Right to Control Property

[I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled "Free Speech and Private Power", responding to the Harvard Law Review's publication… The post Free Speech and Private Power: No Categorical Right to Control Property appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 15, 2025

Free Speech and Private Power: The Right to "Present[] a Curated Compilation of Speech"

[I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled "Free Speech and Private Power", responding to the Harvard… The post Free Speech and Private Power: The Right to "Present[] a Curated Compilation of Speech" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 14, 2025

"Free Speech and Private Power"

I have a short essay with this title in the Harvard Law Review Forum, responding to the Harvard Law Review's… The post "Free Speech and Private Power" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jan 10, 2025

Journal of Free Speech Law: "'Falsely Shouting Fire,'" by Profs. Genevieve Lakier & Evelyn Douek

The article is here; the Introduction: Over one hundred years ago, in Schenck v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes created a meme. Holmes wanted to illustrate why freedom of speech was not—and could never be—absolute. "The most stringent protection of free speech," Holmes wrote, "would not protect a man…

Reason · Apr 11, 2024

Solidarity with Palestinians is not hate speech, whatever would-be censors say

Freedom of expression is imperilled when speakers are cancelled, whether by the left or the right

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Another Commentary on the Fifth Circuit's Texas Social Media Law Decision

As I noted yesterday, I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions, but I passed along two commentaries from top scholars on the subject, one entirely critical from Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago) and one that's mostly critical from Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota). I thought I'd also pass…

Reason · Sep 23, 2022

Two Commentaries on the Fifth Circuit's Texas Social Media Law Decision

I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions (I've been slammed with several things the last few weeks, including an interesting and unexpected development which I hope to blog about in some detail next month). But for now, I thought I'd pass along two commentaries from top…

Reason · Sep 22, 2022