S6E1: FSC v Paxton with Prof. Eric Goldman

Tech Policy Grind

What do First Amendment rights have in common with Calvin and Hobbes? In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the First Amendment is on trial, and according to Prof. Eric Goldman, it looks like the referees are playing Calvinball. On the latest episode of Tech Policy Grind, hosted by Justice Shannon, Prof. Goldman, a leading First Amendment scholar and law professor, breaks down the Supreme Court’s fractured logic in this pivotal case. His take? Justice Thomas didn’t follow precedent, he put it in a blender, cherry-picking fragments of past rulings to justify a result that was already decided. It’s a bold critique of how the Court handles First Amendment rights in the digital age and a warning for the future of content regulation, free speech, and tech policy.