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