Trump Tweets and the First Amendment

Posted by dektol on June 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment

William Bennet Turner is a brilliant lawyer that represented the class of all TDC prisoners in the historic 1970’s suit against the Texas Prison System known as Ruiz VS Estelle. Ruiz was then a convict and Estelle was the head of the Texas Department of Corrections. Bill has long taught at Berkeley and recently wrote a fascinating article that points out among other things, that our widely despised president
is expanding the use of the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech, by Tweeting. After my own “Hitler Tweets” it seems only fair to repost Bill Turners writing. https://medium.com/@william.b.turner/free-speech-in-the-trump-era-b46b4dc3ed44

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After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism, and are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art show which opened November 3^rd, 2016.
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