National Review: Free speech in battle with snitch culture before the courts

Upset at not making the varsity cheerleading team, a high school sophomore vented her frustrations in a vulgarity-laden Snapchat post. Another student’s screenshot of the post got back to the school, which suspended her from the junior-varsity cheerleading team for violating school rules.

Deborah La Fetra tells us the fact that the student made her post on a weekend, while at the mall, raises a very important question argued before the Supreme Court this week: whether a teenager’s private, impotent protest that life is unfair is protected speech under the First Amendment.

The National Labor Relations Board embraces ‘cancel culture’

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently declared that Elon Musk violated federal law with this tweet: “Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union. Could do so tmrw if they wanted. But why pay union dues & give up stock options for nothing? Our safety record is 2X better than when plant was UAW & everybody already gets healthcare.”

Ethan Blevins writes that the agency’s henpecking over social media commentary reeks of viewpoint discrimination and worse, a debasement of First Amendment values.

New video highlights absurdity of California union access rule, but where did the law come from?

PLF’s new video, The Bullhorn Exemption: California’s Property Rights at Stake, takes a satirical look at a California law that gives labor union recruiters time-limited permission to enter private property.

While the law’s absurdity is ripe for satire, our right to hold property and exclude unwanted trespassers is a core American principle. In light of this serious issue, Brittany Hunter explains why this law exists in the first place.

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