Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First Amendment
Holding a principled commitment to the First Amendment is a challenge. Even so, it's been bemusing to watch the Republican Party - which has spent years demanding legal cover for sending spam emails, sabotaging public health, and avoiding social media moderation - launch a full-scale broadside against it over the past week.
Authorities are just beginning to parse what motivated a Utah man to charged with the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk - an act, obviously, of unjustifiable violence. But the aftermath has been an extraordinary political crackdown. Within days, Donald Trump had laid the blame at the feet of people who had cri ...