Whose Free Speech Fallacy Is It?

I am hoping that commenters can help me understand an article titled “The Free Speech Fallacy,” by Jason Stanley of the Yale philosophy department, which appeared today in the Chronicle…
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The Future of Ethnography

The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a lengthy profile of Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond, whose forthcoming book Evicted has drawn tremendous advance praise.  The recipient of a MacArthur Foundation…
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BDS and Anti-Normalization

Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid was recently prevented from speaking, or otherwise disrupted, on two Chicago area campuses including Northwestern.  No, he was not a victim of speech-suppressing Zionists;…
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Cruz Ballot Update

USA Today reports that a Chicago judge has agreed to hear arguments on Ted Cruz's presidential eligibility, based on the "Natural Born Citizen" clause.  The case was brought by attorney…
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Scalia Replacement Update

Senator Charles Grassley has now allowed that he may convene the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on an Obama nominee to succeed Justice Scalia.  “I would wait until the…
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Cruz Must Recuse

I now have a piece on CNN.com explaining that Ted Cruz should recuse himself from Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on President Obama's eventual nominee to the Supreme Court. Here is…
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The Scalia Vacancy

I have this oped in the Chicago Trib, explaining that Scalia himself would have wanted Obama to name a successor.  Move forward on filling Scalia's Supreme Court seat Steven Lubet…
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Maybe It Wasn’t Max Steuer

As turns out, Chris Christie may have been channeling Martin Sheen when he schooled Marco Rubio in the New Hampshire debate: Watch Pres. Bartlett take down Gov. Ritchie's "ten word…
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