democratic backsliding

the declining quality of democracy worldwide

free speech

Does Gov. Hochul support the freedom to read?

Sep 14, 2026

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3 min read

Does Gov. Hochul support the freedom to read?

We'll find out soon

Thomas Keck

free speech

The First Amendment and LGBT expression in the Trump-era United States

Aug 31, 2026

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4 min read

The First Amendment and LGBT expression in the Trump-era United States

State suppression of drag performance is a warning bell

Thomas Keck

free speech

Aug 24, 2026

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17 min read

My conversation with Leila Green Little

On rural Texans fighting back against censorship

Thomas Keck

democratic backsliding

My conversation with Josh Colangelo-Bryan

Aug 10, 2026

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24 min read

My conversation with Josh Colangelo-Bryan

Human rights lawyering in the Bush era and today

Thomas Keck

free speech

Jul 27, 2026

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6 min read

Pico and Llano County

On the removal of books from school libraries, in the Reagan era and today

Thomas Keck

academic freedom

Jul 20, 2026

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7 min read

Florida's Stop WOKE Act is dead

On federal courts as democratic guardrails in the Trump era

Thomas Keck

SCOTUS

Jul 6, 2026

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19 min read

SCOTUS and democratic backsliding

Assessing the Court's recent term through a democratic backsliding lens

Thomas Keck

free speech

Jun 22, 2026

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7 min read

Militant democracy in U.S. law

Is Joseph Goebbels's mocking of liberal democracy relevant to First Amendment disputes?

Thomas Keck

democratic backsliding

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

What I learned at LSA

Lessons from one of my favorite annual conferences

Thomas Keck

free speech

May 26, 2026

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3 min read

Free speech and democratic backsliding in Brazil

What Brazil's Supreme Court gets right

Thomas Keck

free speech

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

Is there a global free speech recession?

On Mchangama and Kosseff's The Future of Free Speech

Thomas Keck

Indivisible organizing

What I learned at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism

May 16, 2026

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3 min read

What I learned at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism

Another re-post from 2025

Thomas Keck