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Three (Quick!) Lessons for Legislators about Commercial Speech
Proceed with caution when limiting or compelling commercial speech, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) warns. “Government legislators and regulators should think long and hard before using any speech restraint or…
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Why Conservative Lawmakers Are Turning to Free-Speech Bills as a Fix for Higher Ed
A few months ago, Patrick Colbeck, a Republican in Michigan’s State Senate, picked up George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. What he read sounded familiar: oppressive oversight, restricted speech, and twisted interpretations of…
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Taxes, Pensions and Free Speech On Display in Salt Lake City
The ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform recently hosted a successful regional Tax and Fiscal Policy Academy, with Utah legislative hosts Senator Wayne Niederhauser, Senator Stuart Adams and Representative Kim…
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What Do State Legislators Need to Know About Commercial Speech?
Now that Justice Neil Gorsuch is firmly planted on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court, he is expected to rule on commercial speech, a free speech issue with significant…
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VIDEO: Legislators Discuss Free Speech
Senator Leah Vukmir of Wisconsin, Representative Ron Simmons of Texas and Senator Kelly Hancock of Texas discuss the importance of free speech.
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VIDEO: What Does Free Speech Mean to You?
What does free speech mean to you? Hear what these folks have to say with the new free speech video from the ALEC studio.
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VIDEO: What Does Freedom Mean to You?
We took to the streets of Washington, DC to talk to locals and tourists alike to discuss what freedom means to them in honor of Freedom Day.
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Taxing Free Speech
Why should a small business owner be required to fund advertising for his competitors? David Gersenson and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy are demanding an answer from the Sleeping…
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Donor Disclosure or Donor Intimidation?
Who would have guessed the anti-slavery movement was once in danger of being intimidated out of existence? Throughout American history, politicians, policymakers and violent mobs have tried to expose donors…
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VIDEO: Senator Leah Vukmir Announces ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech
The American Legislative Exchange Council has launched the Center to Protect Free Speech which will focus on three key areas: campus speech, donor privacy and commercial speech. Video created by Sarah…
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VIDEO: ALEC Defends Free Speech on Your World with Neil Cavuto
ALEC Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs, Ashley Pratte, discusses free speech with Neil Cavuto after protests turn violent at UC Berkeley.
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Reliving Campus Riots until They Respond Correctly: It’s Groundhog Day for State Legislators
On Wednesday night, protests at the University of California, Berkeley turned violent in response to a planned campus speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor at Breitbart. The unfortunate result was…
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Rebecca Friedrichs: Why Good Teachers Want School Choice
Just in time for School Choice Week, Rebecca Friedrichs, a California public school teacher, partnered with Prager University to produce a short video describing why school choice programs lead…
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A Monumental Week for Free Speech
This week’s events make it the perfect week to discuss free speech and the role the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Center to Protect Free Speech will play in the years…
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Celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights on December 15
The Bill of Rights celebrates its 225th birthday on Thursday, December 15, and the principles it espouses are just as relevant today as they were when it was first conceived.
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Online Free Speech: How Free Speech Dies in the Age of Voluntary Agreements, Lawsuits, and Self-Censoring
Free speech is under attack, from both inside and outside of the online community. While newspapers and other printed media outlets have witnessed drastic drops in subscriptions, online forums…
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Protecting Internet Users from Speech-Suppressing Lawsuits
Anti-SLAPP statutes give those sued for expressing their opinions a legal mechanism to get cases dismissed early before legal costs effectively stifle their speech.
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Our Constitutional Principles – America’s Greatest Export
The U.S. Constitution is one of history’s greatest documents and the First Amendment’s admonition that “no law” shall be created “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or…
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When Speech is Compelled
As the country celebrates one of our most fundamental freedoms during Free Speech Week, it is important to keep in mind that the freedom of speech also means the freedom…
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Michigan Leads on Giving Choice to Public Employees
For far too long, supporting workers has been interpreted as synonymous with supporting labor unions. Labor unions are happy to keep this conflation alive, but the changing nature of…