In my book, “The Indispensable Right, I explore how vandalism and aggressive campus protests should not be treated as free speech but as proscribed conduct. College Fix has another example of this distinction today when a person trashed a Turning Point table on the campus of UC Berkeley. Continue reading ““Enjoy Getting this Stain Out”: Turning Point Display Trashed at UC Berkeley”
This week, I wrote about polls that show the public is not buying the apocalyptic predictions of the imminent death of democracy unless Kamala Harris is elected president. Now, a new poll shatters another main talking point of pundits and the press. Democratic candidates, including Vice President Harris, have denounced voter identification laws as “Jim Crow 2.0” attacks on voters. A majority of voters have long supported these laws. According to a new Gallup poll, that majority is now a supermajority. Continue reading “Gallup: Over 80 Percent of Americans Support Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship Laws”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the growing hysteria among press and pundits proclaiming the imminent end of democracy if Kamala Harris is not elected. The predictions of mass roundups, disappearances, and tyranny ignore a constitutional system that has survived for over two centuries as the oldest and most stable democracy in the world. More importantly, the public appears to agree that democracy is under threat but appear to hold a very different notion of where that threat is coming from.
Here is the column:
Continue reading “Panic Politics: The Press and Pundits Face Devastating Polls on the Threat to Democracy”
I have previously written about the European Union’s (EU) effort to use its infamous Digital Services Act (DSA) to force companies like X to censor Americans, including on postings related to our presidential election. This is a direct assault on our free speech values, and yet the Biden-Harris Administration has not raised a peep of objection. Now, the EU is threatening to set these confiscatory fines with reference to revenue from companies other than X, including Space X. Continue reading “Musk Mania: European Censors Warn Musk that They May Level Fines Based on all of his Businesses”
Call it the Mark of Kaine. The heated dispute between the Biden Administration and the State of Virginia just took a curious turn after Virginia lawyers released support for the effort to remove alleged noncitizens from the voting rolls ahead of the presidential election. The main witness against the Biden Administration may prove to be Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) who is on the ballot this election. Continue reading “The Mark of Kaine: The Biden Administration Under Fire for Virginia Lawsuit over Non-Citizen Voter Removals”
I have the pleasure of speaking at the National Constitution Center today on free speech and my new book, “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.” I will be speaking around 6 pm on a panel with the great civil libertarian Nadine Strossen, former head of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Continue reading “Turley Speaks at National Constitution Center on Free Speech Today”
Below is my column in The Hill on a victory this week for citizen journalists in the Supreme Court. The most interesting aspect of the case may not be the legal reasoning but the implications of the rise of new media in this country.
Here is the column: Continue reading “La Gordiloca Goes to Washington: A Citizen Journalist Wins Key Reversal for New Media”
In an interview with podcast host Dan Bongino, former President Trump said he “thinks” he will sue CBS after it was found to have edited an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, only the latest such allegation against mainstream media. I hope that he will think again about this latest threat of litigation. I agree with the criticism of the media, including CBS, in the bias shown in the election. However, such a lawsuit would be legally groundless, in my view. If it is any solace, the media is doing enough damage to itself. Continue reading “No, Trump Should Not Sue CBS”
Today I had the pleasure of speaking at the Morristown Book Festival, a wonderful event featuring various contemporary authors. I was delighted to speak to a large gathering assembled at the historic St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. It was an impressive venue that made you feel almost ministerial in addressing the congregation. I also enjoyed meeting some of our blog contingent at the book signing for The Indispensable Right.
Kamala Harris this week faced accusations of plagiarism over multiple sections of her book, “Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer.”
This is not the first such accusation, Harris has been accused of lifting a story from Martin Luther King. In 1965, King described “a moment in Birmingham when a white policeman accosted a little Negro girl, seven or eight years old, who was walking in a demonstration with her mother.” King recounted how the policeman asked the little girl “‘What do you want?’ and the little girl looked at him straight in the eye and answered, ‘Fee-dom’.” Harris would later tell the story of how her mother asked her “Kamala, what’s wrong? What do you want?” and I wailed back, “Fweedom.”
As found by various media outlets, the new allegations from her book would qualify as plagiarism despite the denial of the campaign. It is doubtful it will matter to many voters in the hardened political silos of this election. However, it could prompt a long-needed discussion about how we handle plagiarism in academia.
Here is a slightly expanded version of my Hill column:
Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania has been struggling for years with falling revenue and difficulty attracting applications. It has had to reduce faculty and even shutdown a historic journal to stay afloat. Students have raised the alarm of how their institution is “slowly inching toward a financial precipice.” In the midst of this crisis, the college is now facing a new controversy after its admissions counselor and representative for Long Island and New York City went on a tirade against any supporters of former President Donald Trump as “pieces of s**t.” Continue reading “Gettysburg College Under Fire After Anti-Trump Postings from Admissions Counselor”
Today, I had the pleasure of debating Professor Randall Kennedy on the question “Does Harvard support free speech and intellectual diversity?” I took the opposing view. Various readers asked for a link to the debate, which is included below. Continue reading “The Harvard Debate: Professors Kennedy and Turley Debate Free Speech”
Last night, millions tuned in to watch Fox’s Bret Baier interview Vice President Kamala Harris in a brief but substantive exchange. One of the most interesting aspects of the interview was the purely pedestrian view of the presidency that Harris presented in the interview. Harris repeatedly responded with “I will follow the law” while refusing to say where she personally stands on immigration, transgender athletes, and other issues. Continue reading ““I Will Follow the Law”: Harris Adopts a Purely Pedestrian View of the Presidency in Fox Interview”
I will be tied up today in the Harvard debate over free speech, but I wanted to share our current traffic figures. This morning, Res Ipsa passed the 85,000,000 mark in views on the blog. We have used these moments to give thanks for our many regular readers around the world and share our traffic data to give you an idea of the current profile of readers around the world. We do not have a running data page so these periodic postings allow our community to see the traffic profile of our blog. Because of the growth of the blog, we have gone from million to five million view markers. So let’s get at it. Continue reading “RES IPSA HITS 85,000,000”
Former J6 Committee Co-Chair and Rep. Liz Cheney has long been criticized for her role in creating a one-sided and at times erroneous record of what occurred on January 6th. That includes editing out Trump’s call for supporters to protest “peacefully,” burying evidence on Trump’s offer to supply National Guard support for that day, and highlighting a false account of Trump in his presidential limo that was directly contradicted by witnesses. Continue reading “Liz Cheney Under Fire for Allegedly Improper Contacts with Cassidy Hutchinson”