Novedades

After writing and speaking about constitutional rights violations for nearly a decade, my own saga taught me that the 6th Amendment’s guarantee of a speedy trial is entirely meaningless. After being falsely accused of a disturbing crime in 2023, I was tortured for two years while waiting for a trial in purgatory. My marriage suffered, my toddler spent his life with a semi-present dad, and we were forced to sell our home and move far away, starting a new life. Justice is not a right in the Police State of America, and you can wait forever to even get to court.

This book tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free expression came from in the first place, applying the lessons of the past to address the challenges of the present. Free speech cannot be taken for granted – it needs to be fought for. But its champions will be successful only if they understand what they are defending. For free speech is a deceptively simple principle. How should it guide us on the bounds of what is acceptable to say? Should we be free to preach hatred, or to spread fear or fake news?