I'm delighted to pass along this book review by Prof. Jacob Mchangama (Vanderbilt), who is the author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media and other works on free speech; he is also the CEO of The Future of Free Speech and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
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Mary Anne Franks claims that her new book, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from The First Amendment, "offers a different and bolder perspective on free speech that takes power, harm, and history seriously." In this post (adapted from a thread on X) I provide a brief critique of Franks' thesis and methodology.
