We’ve written about Jonathan Turley plenty because he’s an interesting voice, he’s not hyperpartisan, and he calls it like he sees it. Also, he’s the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches torts, criminal procedure, and constitutional law, so he knows what he’s talking about.
And what he’s talking about right now is the danger that presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, pose to free speech rights in the U.S. Both have gone on record arguing that the First Amendment is malleable and that speech should be censored if they don’t like the viewpoints being expressed.
The undynamic duo regards our First Amendment rights merely as a privilege that can be taken from you according to their whims:
Harris often speaks of free speech as it if it is privilege bestowed by the…