Updates | The Week of April 24, 2017
President Trump's statements at campaign rallies calling for the ejection of protestors do not amount to incitement, argues Lee Rowland (ACLU).
Joshua Matz, writing for Take Care, emphasizes the importance of taking President Trump at his word.
Technology, social media, fake news, and the erosion of legacy institutions are shaping elections and political movements, argues Nathan Persily (Journal of Democracy).
- Bob Bauer responds that the problem of fake news has risen in public prominence, but it can be hard to define as it requires an arbiter of truth (More Soft Money Hard Law).
There are litigation implications to President Trump using two Twitter handles, suggests Quinta Jurecic at Lawfare.
Howard Dean was mistaken in saying there is a hate speech exception to the First Amendment, argues Eugene Volokh (WaPo). Volokh also responded to Howard Dean’s rebuttal to “read Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire."