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D.C. Statehood Requires a Constitutional Amendment

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North Carolina Acts to Protect Free Speech on Campus Jonathan Butcher

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Another College’s Speech Code at Odds With First Amendment Values David Rosenthal

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How James Madison Saved the Constitution David Azerrad, Ph.D.

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Liberal AGs Have Begun a War Against the First Amendment Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

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True Threats and the Limits of First Amendment Protection

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James Madison: Father of the Constitution Colleen Sheehan, Ph.D

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