Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) warned Wednesday night that the United States may soon see the same kind of speech-related arrests taking place in the United Kingdom and Europe—unless action is taken to protect Americans’ First Amendment rights. The remarks came during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s Hannity, where Jordan discussed rising censorship threats and international trends in free speech suppression.
A New York court has sentenced Hadi Matar to 25 years in prison, the maximum sentence, on May 16, for the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 literary event.
Brown University has launched disciplinary action against the Brown Spectator, a conservative student newspaper, accusing it of violating trademark policy just weeks after one of its board members publicly criticized the school’s bloated DEI bureaucracy.
