This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass constitutioncenter.org/the-c…

First there’s this piece by David French, who devoted much of his legal career to defending the First Amendment rights of conservative writers and scholars nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opini…