Is there a free speech crisis in America? If you look at the forms of expression guaranteed in the First Amendment, the answer would have to be no. In the weeks after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, hundreds of public protests took place across the country. Polls suggest that more than 15 million people participated—perhaps the largest assembly to “petition for redress of grievances” in U.S. history. While President Trump has attacked the press as “fake news”...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 04, 2020 15:00 UTC