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South Carolina Legislators Move to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Information

JonathanTurley

The South Carolina legislature is moving to enact a new law with deeply troubling free speech implications. In my view, the law violates the First Amendment and should be scuttled by the legislature. The language below is reminiscent of laws making it illegal to share information on committing suicide.

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Shouting Fire In A Crowded Congress: How The Rhetoric Has Outstripped The Reality In Today’s Electoral Challenge

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: It is a touchstone of American constitutional law that nothing protects your right to shout “fire!” It is the use of a federal law to raise a challenge that has been raised in past elections over important issues of voter fraud or irregularity. Academics have debated this poorly drafted law for decades.