How Do You Feel? A Conversation with Jeffrey Turley and Lee Bollinger on First Amendment Laws in the Light of the Donald Trump-Congress Address
Trump recently declared during an address to Congress that he had “stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America.” Morning Edition is going to explore who feels freer to speak under the Trump administration, who feels they are being forced into silence, and what the impact will be on the Constitutional right to free speech.
Scientists, activists from the left and right, immigration attorneys and more will tell you what’s going on. We asked you to share how you are feeling in this moment.
People asked us to hide their names or not record them in an interview. Their reasons came down to fear: fear of retribution, fear at the border and fear of government retribution.
We will look at two of the foremost scholars on the First Amendment this morning in order to comprehend what is happening.
You will hear about how different Jonathan Turley and Lee Bollinger are. But what we understood from our conversations is that when it comes to this basic American right, those across the ideological spectrum find much more common ground than differences.
Up First: A Global Markets’ Plunge Due to Trade War. And, 2nd Child dies in Texas from Measles
Thousands of people participated in the Hands Off! demonstrations across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Trump and Elon Musk’s actions. Marchers addressed cuts and layoffs in federal departments, mass deportations and more. More that 150 groups staged protests in more than 1,200 locations. Photographers from NPR member stations documented the scenes at the rallies.
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Global markets have fallen drastically since President Trump launched a trade war against most of the world last Wednesday. Economics say the odds of a recession have increased because of the overnight fall in Asian and European markets. Goldman said the odds of a recession in the U.S. were close to 50% if Trump didn’t impose the tariffs. If those tariffs happen, the bank says there will be a recession.
A second child is dead in Texas due to measles after a second kid dies in the epoch of global trade
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring back Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported last month to El Salvador. The administration has a day to make the return happen. The Justice Department is appealing the judge’s order, arguing the court no longer has jurisdiction over the case because Abrego Garcia is in El Salvador.
A second child has died in Texas due to measles, according to state health officials. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the 8-year-old child’s funeral on Sunday. Daisy HildeBRAND has been identified. Her death comes as an outbreak centered in Texas reached 481 confirmed cases. Until this year, the U.S. had not reported a measles death for nearly a decade.
President Trump yesterday called for Americans to be “strong, courageous and patient” as his new, steep tariffs against countries around the world play out. Today, market shares in Europe and Asia saw a slight rebound after several days of sell-offs. The market is likely to see a small boost at the beginning of trading. However, any increase in stock prices will only help a small portion of the value that was lost in the last few days.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Trump in deportation case – students’ voices against the 1798 Alien Enemies Act
Iran will have indirect talks with the U.S. this weekend in the sultanate of Oman to explore a possible path to diplomacy over its nuclear program. Yesterday, Trump stated that the U.S. would have “a very big meeting” with Iran on Saturday at “almost the highest level.” Iran’s leaders have rejected all of Trump’s offers to engage in direct negotiations due to a lack of promises. Masoud Pezeshkian says the U.S. will have to trust Iran.
The Supreme Court made a decision yesterday in favor of the Trump administration’s stance on deporting gang members from Venezuela. The 5-to-4 vote threw out a lower court’s ruling to temporarily stop the deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The attorneys say that using the act during a time of peace is against the law. Many of the deported people have no criminal history in the U.S., according to the men’s family members.
Several international university students have been taken away by immigration agents for speaking out against the war in Gaza. Plainclothes agents arrested Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in his university housing, even though he was a legal permanent resident. Masked agents, again in plain clothes, detained Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Öztürk as she walked to meet friends. These actions raise fears among free speech advocates that more students could be targeted for their views.
“This is what happens in a dictatorship, and these are test cases,” said Eric Lee, a lawyer representing Momodou Taal, a Cornell University Ph.D. student and advocate for Palestinian rights who had his visa revoked. Lee believes that citizenship wont protect individuals if the government can act this way, as it can target anyone in the U.S.
Taal’s lawyers talk about the potential repercussions of the reform on international students’ viewpoints and its broader implications for society.
A Life Kit for Children’s Development: Love, Money, and Relationships for Babies and Families with Learned Parents from NPR
This is an episode of NPR’s Life Kit, and it contains information on how to raise bilingual children. You can get expert advice on love, money, relationships, and more from the Life Kit newsletter.