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  • Headline in New York Times: Prosecutors fail to secure indictment against man who threw sandwich at federal agent.

    Is a sandwich a weapon? And if so, does it enjoy constitutional protection?

    Aug 19, 2025 2:00 pm838 views
  • Early version of the First Amendment: Amendment 4. The freedom of speech and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government for a redress of grievances, shall not be infringed.

    Policing protest speech, part 2: The government would like a word . . .

    Oct 19, 2024 1:45 pm262 views
  • An early version of the First Amendment, labeled Article Four, reads, "The freedom of speech, and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government ofr a redress of grievances, shall not be infringed.

    Policing protest speech

    Sep 30, 2024 12:45 pm166 views
  • Corpus linguistics, public meaning, and the Second Amendment

    Jul 20, 2021 1:45 pm4647 views
  • The right's new slogan: My free speech, not yours

    Mar 30, 2021 11:00 am2593 views
  • Trump’s words on January 6 were a clear and present danger

    Feb 16, 2021 11:45 am5786 views
  • The First Amendment, from North Carolina's copy of the original Bill of Rights

    Will the Supreme Court soon be policing your speech?

    Nov 20, 2020 11:00 am6604 views
  • House Joint Resolution 1, presenting what would become the 19th Amendment, passed June 4, 1919; ratified by the states Aug. 18, 1920; became law Aug. 26, 1920.

    There are no pronouns in the Nineteenth Amendment

    Aug 12, 2020 12:00 pm3676 views

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