Author: Jeffrey Layne Blevins

The paradox of Citizens United, the First Amendment and efforts to regulate social media

Facebook’s Oversight Board decided on May 5 retain the suspension of former President Donald Trump from its social media platforms, which includes Instagram. Facebook, along with Twitter and other social media outlets suspended Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, DC, based on their own assessments of the role his tweets played in

The return of professional sports to our television screens late this summer has come with renewed attention to the Black Lives Matter social justice movement. “Black Lives Matter” is painted on the court for every NBA game and the players are allowed to sport social justice slogans on the back of their jerseys. In Cincinnati,

Gateway Journalism Review

Author: Jeffrey Layne Blevins

The paradox of Citizens United, the First Amendment and efforts to regulate social media

If you think kneeling during the national anthem is offensive to the military, you should read the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder v. Phelps