It's possible I've missed it if we discussed Michael Cohen going back to jail after being released re: COVID 19. I assumed he did something stupid to invalidate the terms of his release. Instead, it appears to be because he is publishing a book about Trump, so they got him locked back up.
Where are all the First Amendment types who lose their minds about colleges not letting Nazis speak? This is about as cut and dry a 1A infringement as you're going to see.
Thread about it was unrolled
here
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3. A foremost First Amendment scholar @stone_geoffrey (@UChicago):
"clearly designed to suppress expression the gov't disapproves of and definitely does not further an important or substantial gov't interest related to Cohen's incarceration. It is thus patently unconstitutional"
4. @ACLU's Vera Eidelman:
"This restriction is almost certainly unconstitutional."
"Even if this were analyzed under the less speech-protective doctrine that applies to individuals who are currently incarcerated, it would almost certainly fail."
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So we're at the point where the POTUS is just literally locking up people who might expose him??