It is illegal to assist or aid in illegal immigration.  Rightly so (although some have argued that placing water bottles in the Arizona desert for illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican border should hardly be a crime). But the U.S. government decided decades ago to make criminal the act of “encourag or induc an alien to come to, enter, or reside...

Transcript of Video: We founded the Campaign for Free Speech because we believe free speech and a free press is under attack -- in our culture, in our courts, in Congress, and even in the White House. 51% of Americans think the First Amendment should be rewritten, and nearly half of Americans think that there should be punishment for certain types...

The United States stands virtually alone among Western democracies in not prohibiting offensive speech.  France, Germany, England: they all have criminal laws for speech deemed insulting to an identifiable group. Oh Canada! You too? Thus far, the United States Supreme Court has routinely rejected the invariably vague laws criminalizing hate speech or offensive language because to do so cannot be squared with...

Northwestern University’s campus newspaper is under fire for covering protests sparked by a campus visit from Jeff Sessions, former U.S. Attorney General. Student editors of The Daily Northwestern are receiving backlash for the paper simply doing its job: reporting the news. What was the newspaper’s supposed offense? Sending reporters to cover Sessions’ speech and associated protests, and contacting participating students afterwards to get their...