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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Policing Expressive Governance: A Framework for Judicial Review of Executive Viewpoint Retaliation," by Simona Grossi

Eugene Volokh | 7.16.2026 3:54 PM

The article is here; here's the Introduction:

The gravest contemporary threats to expressive freedom do not always take the form of statutes or criminal sanctions. Increasingly, they take the form of procurement decisions, grant terminations, security-clearance revocations, and regulatory designations—the discretionary instruments of executive administration. When the executive deploys these instruments to penalize disfavored viewpoints while preserving the appearance of ordinary governance, it........

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