Giving judges the power to settle quite unremarkable, daily political speech confrontations on social media is a recipe for hollowing out the right to express a critical opinion in the main public squares of the digital age.
Effort to rewrite libel laws, says press secretary, ‘is being looked into substantively and logistically’
White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed Monday that the Trump administration is actively—and in his words "substantively"—reviewing the nation's libel laws as it explores ways it could more easily sidestep First Amendment protections and target press coverage or news stories it deems objectionable. On Sunday morning, White House chief
A constitutional amendment to stem negative coverage of any administration would require a supermajority in both houses of Congress.
According to U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, the administration is still reviewing the country's libel laws in a bid to prosecute journalists. Priebus told ABC News' This Week host Jonathan Karl that Trump was considering a possible constitutional amendment. "I think it's something that we've looked at, and how
Since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump has continuously complained about coverage from The New York Times and others. Trump has also promised to roll back the rights of the press.
In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government. The New-York Weekly Journal was the second paper in a city of 10,000 or so people, 1700 of them slaves. As we are reminded in Richard Kluger's comprehensive new book, "
It is not “freedom of the press” when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false!
In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government. The New-York Weekly Journal was the second paper in a city of 10,000 or so people, 1700 of them slaves. As we are reminded in Richard Kluger's comprehensive new book, "
