Author name: Austin Powell

Austin is a 1L at HLS. He is interested in the intersection of the internet, free speech, and digital civil liberties. Austin is active in the HLS Student Government. Prior to law school, he worked as a trust and safety professional for Facebook, Inc., focusing on hate speech, violence and incitement, and misinformation policies.

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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. As the nation reflects on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historical confirmation to the Supreme Court, many states are ramping up book banning efforts and attempting to pass more anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ laws. Additionally, the Supreme Court considers weighing in on the length of solitary confinement as a form of punishment. 

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A Censure is Free Speech and Not a First Amendment Violation

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Four months following Rep. Paul Gosar R-AZ censure in the U.S. House of Representatives for posting an anime-style video on Twitter that depicted him killing his colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that members of an elected body have the constitutional right to censure a member from that same body. 

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