18.12.2015 - 09:32 [ Techdirt ]

Law Professor: ISIS Is, Like, Totally Scary, So Let‘s Do Away With The First Amendment

Law professor Eric Posner is no fan of the First Amendment. Never has been. Back in 2012, he argued that Americans basically need to get over the First Amendment because free speech upsets people. Earlier this year, he argued for restricting the speech of college students because students are children who don‘t deserve free speech. A few months ago, he also argued that the US should adopt a „right to be forgotten,“ because sometimes it‘s better to make speech disappear entirely.

So it comes as little surprise that he‘s now arguing that we should just dump the First Amendment, because ISIS is, like, super scary, yo.