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Will Nevin

Will Nevin, J.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor and program coordinator for Communications Media at Alabama A&M University.

The death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional—and it should stay that way

There is no punishment that could possibly deter an act so grounded in inhumanity.

September 10, 2025

It's the specter of consequence, the looming presence of “be quiet or else” where the chilling effect is real.

May 1, 2025

It is simply not a crime to wish the president of the United States illness or death — even death by assassination.

January 28, 2025

The federal Stop the Scroll Act would require social media platforms to warn users of the “negative mental health impacts."

December 5, 2024

It’s worth remembering that all free speech principles (including this one) have limits.

October 1, 2024

If these laws already perpetuate injustice and if any change is unlikely to achieve the result we think we want, what are we truly doing here?

May 10, 2024

For the sake of targets of violent and truly threatening speech, we can only hope the consequences will be minimal.

July 7, 2023

The misguided drive to cleanse the nation’s libraries for whatever reason is commonplace.

June 13, 2023

This wave of brazen bigotry is new, but the tools to judge it are the same ones we’ve had.

May 29, 2023

Many groups are calling for Higgins' dismissal following his use of a homophobic slur during an interview.

May 12, 2023