A federal judge in Massachusetts used a First Amendment case to take the Trump administration back to civics class in a 161-page opinion that answers the question of whether non-citizens have the right to free speech with a booming “yes.”
U.S. District Judge William G. Young offered page after page of searing criticism for both the president and those who fail to hold him accountable for his actions, which he found “scandalous” and “unconstitutional.”
In a highly unusual move, Young copied a postcard from a supporter of the president that had apparently been sent to the court from the Philadelphia area: “TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS .... WHAT DO YOU HAVE?”
Young addressed the entire opinion to the writer of the postcard, preempting the opinion with his reply: “Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution.”
The case was brought by a collection of university professors’ groups in objection to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, labeled antisemitic by the administration.
