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Sep. 19, 2025

The modern bully pulpit

Compelled speech on campuses and in workplaces undermines true free expression, and recent legal and policy reforms aim to ensure individuals can hear and adopt ideas voluntarily rather than under coercion.

Mitchell Keiter

Keiter Appellate Law

424 S Beverly Dr
Beverly Hills , CA 90212-4402

Phone: (310) 553-8533

Fax: (310) 203-9853

Email: Mitchell.Keiter@gmail.com

UCLA Law School

www.CaliforniaAppellateAttorney.com

Mitchell is a certified appellate specialist. He taught many outstanding students while a professor at Western State University College of Law.

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The modern bully pulpit
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"When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you."

- Samuel Goldwyn

Ideas should triumph through persuasion, not coercion. Turner Broad. Sys., Inc. v. FCC, 512 U.S. 622, 641 (1994). But many employers and teachers have exploited their bully pulpit...

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