Duncan's Con Law Course Blog

The web log for Prof. Duncan's Constitutional Law Classes at Nebraska Law-- "[U]nder our Constitution there can be no such thing as either a creditor or a debtor race. That concept is alien to the Constitution's focus upon the individual. In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American. " -----Justice Antonin Scalia If you allow the government to take your liberty during times of crisis, it will create a crisis whenever it wishes to take your liberty.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Why is Compelled Speech So Poisonous to the First Amendment

As Professor Robert George of Princeton University has said:

“Ordinary authoritarians are content to forbid people from saying things they know or believe to be true.

Totalitarians insist on forcing people to say things they know or believe to be untrue."

What point was Prof. George making there?

Duncan's Con Law Course Blog

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Why is Compelled Speech So Poisonous to the First Amendment

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