Professor Jacob Charles, "Let's Not Bring Back Jail for Swearing" -- New York Times

Professor Jacob D. Charles's opinion article, "Let's Not Bring Back Jail for Swearing," is published in the New York Times. The article, co-authored with Matthew L. Schafer, considers the result if the Supreme Court begins treating First Amendment cases the way it has been treating Second Amendment cases after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.

Excerpt from "Let's Not Bring Back Jail for Swearing"

During the founding era, the right to free speech was understood much more narrowly than it is today. Something as simple as swearing or voicing unpopular political opinions might land you on the wrong side of the law. If rules from the 1790s were enforced today, citizens could be jailed for criticizing politicians, public figures could freely use defamation law to punish critics and schoolchildren would have few if any free speech rights.

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