Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor

The vast majority of Americans support the right to free speech. Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, his administration has made many attempts to suppress speech it disfavors – at universities, on the airwaves, in public school classrooms, in museums, at protests and even in lawyer’s offices.

If past is prologue, these efforts may backfire.