Damon Root

Damon Root is a writer at Freethink. He is an award-winning journalist and the author of two books, including A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution. His work on constitutional law has been cited by the Texas Supreme Court and in the writings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

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How the Internet Archive’s “Free Digital Library” fell to the “fair use” test

The nonprofit made a bold gamble on the limits of "fair use" — and federal courts have not backed their play.

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How the TikTok case pits national security against freedom of speech

TikTok and its allies won't go down without a legal fight.

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The Supreme Court will soon decide the future of social media

Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech to allow online? Should the government?

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