The Supreme Court will hear AFPF v. Becerra, a case about freeing people from intimidation by those in power and defending their right to engage on issues they’re passionate about. Read More »

Unfortunately, here's another example of a politician weaponizing a donor list to shame and intimidate people for their beliefs, instead of engaging in a productive policy debate. Read More »

“Making a list of your political enemies and promising that they will get payback and people will go after them because they worked for a different political party is literally fascism.” Read More »

One of our greatest freedoms is the right to remain silent — to mind our own business. But today, some activists threaten shaming and even violence against those who don’t take the initiative to endorse what they deem to be politically correct. Read More »

This paranoid assault on political speech needs to be put to rest. The United States’s philanthropic culture is one of the hallmarks of our democracy and has been used to advance policy for the better on both the Left and Right. Read More »

Laws like these silence speech, create confusion, and discourage individuals from contributing for groups they would otherwise support. Read More »

When we discourage citizens from supporting the causes they believe in, we make our country weaker. Democracy doesn’t work without deliberation. Read More »

If we're genuinely interested in discussing the best policy ideas for our nation, the advocate of the proposal ought to be immaterial. Read More »

Reflexive demands to punish errant speech discourage people from engaging in the kinds of dissent and deliberation that keep a society dynamic and prevent rigid orthodoxies from hardening. Read More »

"High levels of self-censorship should be treated as an ominous warning sign. They signal the development of a culture of orthodoxy that is animated by a false sense of certainty about what is true and what is false—and a proud intolerance of those who might dare to voice an opinion that conflicts with the mainstream." Read More »