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In Britain, public disputes often end with a quiet shrug from the people who drove the narrative in the first place. That pattern is resurfacing with the case of “Sophie of Dundee,” the Scottish girl who became a national flashpoint after a widely discussed incident that involved her wielding a hatchet.
Illinois lawmakers are floating a new way to raise revenue: impose a fee aimed specifically at social media companies. The idea sounds like a straightforward tax proposal on the surface, but it quickly becomes something else when you look at what triggers the charge.
More than a decade after the Supreme Court decided Citizens United, the case is still routinely described in a way that doesn’t match what the ruling actually did. In today’s political arguments, it is often treated as a convenient villain for everything people dislike about campaign politics, even when the facts and legal limits of the decision say otherwise.
Long before modern debates over censorship and dissent, the United States experienced one of its most sweeping federal crackdowns on speech during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency. In the view advanced by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Wilson’s administration represents an especially damaging chapter for civil liberties because federal power was used aggressively to punish political criticism and suppress antiwar expression.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) removed researchers from one of its conferences after they shared a printed editorial that had appeared in an ADA-published journal. The incident has drawn attention because the material in question was not an outside pamphlet or unrelated advocacy flyer, but content originating from the organization’s own publication.
Colorado has removed a controversial barrier that affected how private attorneys accessed the state’s courts. A newly enacted state law eliminates a prior condition tied to the electronic filing system, following significant public backlash.
An unusual political speech dispute in Ohio has drawn national attention after a blogger was arrested and briefly jailed over a text message sent to a state senator. The message included a vulgar meme involving the character Shrek, and the incident has sparked debate about when, if ever, offensive political mockery can be treated as a crime.
The United Kingdom has denied entry to two prominent U.S.-based political commentators, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, a move that is drawing renewed attention to how British authorities are using immigration powers in politically sensitive cases. The decision effectively prevents both men from traveling to the UK.
Some graduates respond to a university’s decline by cutting ties, withholding donations, and distancing themselves from campus life. In recent years, a number of Harvard alumni have taken that route, saying they no longer recognize the institution they once supported.
Jaxson Dart’s decision to meet with former President Donald Trump set off a predictable wave of outrage online, with critics treating a simple meeting as if it were a scandal. The episode wasn’t about any rule-breaking or misconduct.
