Took my own best advice —Don't self-censor!— and went long on hot takes for @1stForAll's Q&A:.•my free speech fails & a-ha moments.•campuses' #1 problem.•SCOTUS' worst decision.•why you'll find me hiding in the bathroom—and why you might wanna consider

RT @neoavatara: During my first USMLE board exam (it was a written exam at the time), someone had a seizure. The entire classroom stopped.….

Yes, bar exams are beyond strictly regulated. Fails cost jobs. Prep courses stress maintaining focus above all. AND every lawyer eventually faces some un-studyable test of their common sense, selflessness, and perspective. That’s where the profession needs 100% pass rates.

Losing count of all the controversies over at the @smithsonian — raising questions about how "the world's largest museum, education, and research complex" appears to be editing displays to keep the White House happy.

RT @1stForAll: We're excited to announce a new addition to our team of First Amendment experts: @1AMorey!. Her first assignment? Answering….

This is the second Smithsonian censorship controversy in less than a week — after painter Amy Sherald pulled her National Portrait Gallery exhibition Thursday, citing the museum’s concerns about displaying her piece, ‘Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.’

✅ Art museums can curate their collections. ✅ No one thinks The Smithsonian — or museums generally — endorse the message of each and every piece displayed. It’d be impossible. ✅ Announcing “no political statements” AFTER the festival began is a classic censorship red flag.

The teens get it exactly right. Don’t like a mural — you can walk on by.

The Smithsonian reportedly covered teen artists’ Folklife Festival murals with tarps earlier this month, per NPR. The museum’s excuse?.That they can’t show “political” art. C’mon now ….

RT @TheFIREorg: FIRE sounded the alarm months ago about the administration’s blatant disregard for federal law in its response to allegatio….

The First Amendment flags are flying on this presidential play — but definitively answering "Can he do that?" requires further review. .

RT @jessesingal: "they perform cynicism. ". yup, lot of that going around.

Ocean Vuong nails the cringe paradox on campus: Students terrified of judgment in a culture of relentless social media scrutiny — craving nothing more than authenticity, vulnerability, and connection. Self-censorship is equal parts rampant and ruinous.

RT @Ashkhen: California’s SB 771 would punish platforms for recommending speech.It sidesteps 230 by calling feeds “conduct”.It would break….

RT @TheFIREorg: REGISTER: What happens when universities trade free speech for global funding?. Join FIRE’s @sarahemclaugh for a @HdxAcadem….

RT @pjaicomo: A month ago, I got to make one of the best phone calls of my life—to tell @IJ client Trina Martin we unanimously won her case….

RT @1stForAll: A federal judge has ruled that Los Angeles police cannot force journalists out of protest areas or use nonlethal weapons aga….

RT @1stForAll: Over a week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a pro….

Weird framing and interviews (by journalism experts!) piling on this reporter — who by the article's own description did nothing unlawful, and appears to have been the subject of a retaliatory arrest. Independent journalism isn't new or controversial.

Wait — what exactly are the "First Amendment questions" here?. Officials who "don’t regularly operate under a microscope" are mad an independent journalist lawfully covered their open public meetings?. Tough!