Much of this information is dated, but still valid and relevant in many ways. The only way in which the “Constitution” could be said to matter at this point is that duly elected officials swear an oath to it.
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Jurisprudence and Constitutional and Monetary Law
Edwin Vieira, Jr. holds four degrees from Harvard: A.B. (Harvard College), A.M. and Ph.D. (Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and J.D. (Harvard Law School). For over thirty-six years he has been a practicing attorney, specializing in cases that raise issues of constitutional law.
The United States has proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations which will be voted on by the World Health Assembly scheduled for May 22-28, 2022.
“To really answer the question of whether the increasingly widespread practice of Silicon Valley censorship via algorithm and deplatforming is a major problem and whether an increase in speech restriction is desirable, we need to take a step back and ask ourselves why free speech even matters in the first place. Why is it something that’s written into constitutions and upheld as sacrosanct in so many nations? Why is it a value we’re told has supreme importance all our lives?”
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Jurisprudence and Constitutional and Monetary Law
