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Religious Freedom Was America's First Freedom--and Still Is

The New York Times reported the following about a new piece of legislation known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993: "President Clinton today signed into law legislat...

Coalition urges care for freedom of religion and speech

Freedom of religion and freedom of speech are deeply interwoven, and a threat to one is a danger to the other, representatives from more than 20 faith and civil rights organization...

Does the Press Understand the First Amendment?

The corporate "news" media is caterwauling because President Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. He first announced the ban on Friday, and it became eff...

Appeals court rules First Amendment applies to recording police activity in public

Appeals court rules First Amendment applies to recording police activity in public

Is ‘First Amendment auditing’ legal?

First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-Based Deportation of Noncitizens, Court Rules

Some short excerpts from the >35K-word decision by Judge Noël Wise (N.D. Cal.) in Stanford Daily Pub. Corp. v. Rubio:… The post First Amendment Broadly Protects Against Speech-B...

Letter: Vote to protect freedoms

How do you celebrate the 235th birthday of the First Amendment? If you’re our president, you kick it in the teeth. Sept. 17 was Constitution Day, marking the signing of the Bill of...

Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment

An excerpt from the longish opinion today by Judge Rudolph Contreras (D.D.C.) in Streever v. Mullin: Americans have long voiced… The post Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-...

Vanity plates protected under First Amendment

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Virginia vanity plates are private speech protected under the First Amendment, not government speech. The post Vanity plates protec...

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Media attorney: Trump’s ban is violation of First Amendment rights

WASHINGTON — An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White Hous...

The First Amendment Does Not Belong Only to the Beloved

Some constitutional victories arrive with trumpets. Others arrive quietly in a case the press has decided not to love, for a journalist many would rather not defend. Democracy Part...

LETTER: Trump and the First Amendment

President seems confused over free speech.

The Argument We Forgot How to Have

The First Amendment is 45 words long, and for most of American history nobody was entirely sure what they meant. The Supreme Court did not squarely apply the Free Speech Clause aga...

Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn't Violate First Amendment

From 1 Community Compact v. City of Fresno, decided Friday by California Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Detjen, joined by… The post Renaming Streets "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" Didn...

The First Amendment Doesn’t Care If Trump Gets Bad Press

Why the president’s attempt to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico is doomed to fail.

CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue over denied White House access, citing First Amendment

CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration days after they were barred from White House grounds, calling the selective ban — based on the conte...

Macron: Shut Up, America's 1st Amendment the 'Opposite of Free Speech'

Judge says FIU violated first amendment rights of anti-ICE student protesters

CNN, MS NOW, Politico Announce Lawsuit Challenging Trump Ban

“This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment,” the lawsuit states.