Sentences with phrase «defend free speech»

Like Mark Steyn I've been doing these «defend free speech» gigs for some years now and as Mark recently mordantly observed, I also sometimes wonder why I keep ascending up the running order only to realise that it's because everybody who used to be ahead of me is either in hiding or dead.

Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to defend free speech on campuses and criticized the idea of creating safe spaces on campus, protected from...

Governments must defend free speech for those who stand for science and progress.

The 17th century Puritan and poet John Milton was one of the first modern Christians to defend free speech.

EFF defended the free speech and fair use rights of an online newsletter publisher after the world's third largest pharmaceutical company that accused him of trademark infringement and cybersquatting.

EFF defended the free speech rights of a website publisher who had repeatedly received baseless threats from the corporate owners of Barney the Dinosaur.

EFF is the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization dedicated to confronting cutting - edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights in today's digital world.

And in regards to the efforts of Rudy Giuliani, Cotick wants, ``... to thank Mayor Giuliani, who has dedicated his life to the protection of citizens against terrorists like Manuel Noriega and today for defending free speech.»

Over more than 45 years of practice, Sirkin has consistently defended the free speech and constitutional rights of countless individuals and businesses, including adult entertainment establishments, museums, artists, activists, and ordinary citizens in all types of cases.

Nürnberg type trials don't strike me as particular good examples of defending free speech and trials could go both ways.

She, however defends free speech, however repulsive and repugnant it is, something that Mann will not or can not comprehend.

Not exact matches

Some of those responding to the memo are trying to defend its authorship as an issue of free speech.

That is, I'm not taking personal sides in a divorce, but am upholding and defending the value of free speech.

You can say that you don't like the way Tom Tom makes points and say that she lacks integrity, but to throw Jen into there because she's defending Tom Tom's free speech is a stupid, and illogical position.

The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

Free speech, baby — it's yours for just as long as you're willing to defend it.

The chancellor, in a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) last night, defended the free - market against what he sees as an anti-business culture created by the debate on banker bonuses

Yet online and off, free speech still needs defending from those in power who would like to control information, limit criticism or snoop widely across people and populations.

In an address to the conservative Federalist Society, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito defended his stance on the issue by arguing, «Surely the idea that the First Amendment protects only certain privileged voices should be disturbing to anybody who believes in free speech.»

He said Buhari acknowledged that as a key component of democratic principles, people in democratic societies «are so emotionally attached to free speech that they would defend it with all their might».

The simple answer is the explanation - all too often incorrectly attributed to Voltaire - of what encapsulates free speech: While I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Oscar Wilde's take on free speech might be most applicable in this case: «I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.»

As a city councilman in 2002, he and other lawmakers honored Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe at City Hall, with Speaker Gifford Miller defending it as free speech.

As a publisher I strongly support free speech, not least by our elected politicians, and we will therefore be vigorously defending this case.

In a statement, Biteback Managing Director Iain Dale said «as a publisher, I strongly support free speech, not least by our elected politicians, and we will therefore be vigorously defending this case.

Other groups seeking exemptions from donor disclosure include the New York Civil Liberties Union, which often defends controversial acts of free speech, and the entire coalition of women's groups that backed Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, which includes the abortion provision.

Continue reading «Ken Clarke defends the free market in first speech as Shadow Business Secretary»»

The AMA should also establish a legal defence fund «to defend any physician whose free speech in the service of patients is prosecuted under the Orwellian Border Force Act.»

In celebration of 20 years of defending the freedom to practice medicine and having free speech regarding making nutritional claims, Emord's firm held this gala event.

I am all for the free speech but slanderous statements and character assassination are not a free speech but another act of victimization against the ones who are unable to defend themselves.

Therefore, it did not defend the right of free speech and censored a great amount of terms, despite the criticism.

And as I discussed in «Let My People Go,» the liberal bloc seemed uncomfortable defending Abood on constitutional grounds, indicating that they think there is some merit to the plaintiffs» free speech claims.

Leaders should fiercely defend academic freedom and free speech, and honor diverse forms of scholarship — but they should also help everyone understand that such freedoms are coupled with deep responsibility and, when used as «cover» for manifestly hateful speech, will be met with equally strong speech representing other opinions (and sanctions, when appropriate).

IJ litigates to defend property rights, expand economic liberty, advance school choice and vindicate the right to free speech.

Amazon itself agonized over the decision, at first defending the sale of the book on free speech grounds, but ultimately bowing to pressure and removing it from sale.

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On the AG website is a lengthy pronouncement on how they protect free speech and defend the

Those in favor of his suspension generally point out that America's 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech only protects you from government interference regarding political speech (and does not prevent employers from exercising their rights to discipline employees), whereas those defending Robertson have been quick to lament the knee - jerk reaction to those expressing counter-progressive cultural beliefs in a very clumsy fashion, and claim there is a double standard in which politically unpopular conservative viewpoints are quicker to result in job terminations than politically unpopular liberal viewpoints that are also clumsily expressed.

PewDiePie's use of the n - word and Campo Santo's response has triggered a massive wave of debate as some worry whether Campo Santo's filing of a DMCA takedown notice was perhaps a step too far, while others have expressed worry that PewDiePie's negative behavior will affect the YouTube platform as a whole, and still others have even defended PewDiePie in a misguided defense of free speech.

He's been caught time and again lying and mischaracterising and misquoting, which we don't defend as free speech when it does real harm.

You can defend a right to free speech without defending the content of the speech itself; further, you can't defend unfettered right to publish lies as a right of free speech.

She found herself having to defend fundamental democratic principles of free speech and activities associated with normal discourse such as «having a private meeting, conducting a workshop, publishing a report, or advocating that a public official take action» and underscored the importance of these activities in her own work at various NGOs and in academia — and as a staff member at the State Department.

The «freedom of speech» argument was echoed by ExxonMobil's legal team, as well as numerous other conservative groups including the Pacific Legal Foundation, and Heritage Foundation and the recently - formed Free Speech in Science Project, a group created by the same lawyers who defended the Competitive Enterprise Institute in the past.

At a time when proponents of free speech should be defending Steyn, the Columbia Journalism Review can be found smack in the middle of Mann's legal suit as a friend of the court, calling Steyn's comments «deplorable, if not unlawful...»

In spite of the tyrant's commands and because they had put their lives on the line to defend their rights, the patriots enshrined free speech in our founding documents; the same documents that gave you your job.

Yes, there is a lot of mudslinging and people's opinions of other people are defended by free speech, but there is a line.

Free speech shouldn't need «defending».

As I say, free speech doesn't require «defending».

But, as Laura Rosen Cohen says today, «I'm so bored of «defending» free speech.»

The site's founder defends the site as a forum for free speech.