http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/256340e0e7a07fe8 https://verfassungsblog.de/turn-against-free-speech-america/ Falling Far and Fast - The Turn Against Free Speech in America Post, Robert eng 2025-09-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism First Amendment Free Speech Trump US constitution Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 I have been studying and teaching First Amendment law for more than forty years, and in all that time I have been more or less confident that basic minima of freedom of speech would remain unscathed in the United States. It was the one constitutional right that inspired widespread allegiance and agreement. But this week, for the first time, I have become frightened that freedom of speech in America might actually be endangered. Authoritarianism, with its trademark suppression of free political discussion, looms on our horizon.