nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/256340e0e7a07fe8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250921s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/256340e0e7a07fe8 doi eng 342 23 Post, Robert Author aut Falling Far and Fast - The Turn Against Free Speech in America Post, Robert Verfassungsblog 2025-09-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarian Populism First Amendment Free Speech Trump US constitution Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/turn-against-free-speech-america/ raw object