The First Amendment
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[Essay]I remember digging through my father’s WWII footlocker, where he had mementos from his time in the service. In it were copies of the VE and VJ Day editions of Stars and Stri...
From today's Complaint in ABC, Inc. v. FCC (D.D.C.): Government censorship is deeply un-American. That fundamental principle predates the Republic,… The post ABC's First Amendment...
In 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, 19-year-old Paul Cohen walked through the Los Angeles County Courthouse wearing a jacket with a four-letter negative opinion about the mi...
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...
From today's decision in Massimino v. Benoit, written by Judge Myrna Pérez and joined by Sarah Merriam: We begin by… The post Second Circuit Joins Courts That Recognize First Amend...
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...
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...
In the United States, it is legal to film in a public space. Photographers, especially those working in the media, know about this First Amendment right. [Read More]
The Fourth Circuit considers "a question that has divided ... courts ...: whether the character combinations on personalized license plates ... are government speech or private spe...
Some excerpts from today's long opinion by Judge Joseph Dawson, III (D.S.C.) in Lemoine v. Horry Georgetown Tech. Coll.: On… The post Suspending College Student for Saying Man Who...
Bradley Smith writes for National Review Online about the importance of protecting political speech. Here’s a thought experiment: What percentage of your fellow citizens would have...
NEW YORK — It was important enough to the framers of the U.S. Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights — that no person “shall be compelle...
A federal appeals court has now made it clear that the First Amendment protects people who record publicly visible portions of a police station while standing on a public sidewalk....
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...
“The First Amendment does not allow government officials to shut down speech simply on account of it being ‘offensive,’” says a legal expert at FIRE.
In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship.
Nowhere in any founding document, including the Constitution, is there a requirement for the “separation of church and state” (“Don’t impose religion of any ilk on Americans, Star-...
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...
Hello I’m a former Marine and an American who still believes in The Constitution and the words written in it!!! Stand up!!! Stand together!!
The First Amendment protects police officers, but off-duty posts, political commentary and even a “like” can still carry career consequences
An online influencer with a penchant for criticizing and lampooning the Trump administration sued the federal government for blocking her from attending a public event where Vice P...
So the Fifth Circuit held a few weeks ago.
While people get arrested every day in Europe for “offensive speech,” America’s First Amendment remains a safeguard against criminalizing the vast majority of speech — certainly th...
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