Immigration,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 16, 2025
Sunlight fails when government shadows immigration speech
Government coercion of private platforms to suppress apps like ICEBlock exemplifies "censorship by proxy," raising urgent First Amendment concerns about protecting speech, transparency and public safety against overreach.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis captured the
importance of government transparency in his metaphorical quote that "sunlight
is said to be the best of disinfectants."
First Amendment advocates are shining "sunlight" on the use of government pressure to suppress protected speech thro...
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