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The First Amendment Is Getting a Workout as Lawyers Battle for Control of the Court of Public Opinion

From an NBA gambling prosecution to the Cornell Seven lawsuit, attorneys are accusing one another of crossing the line with the media, even as judges decline to impose gag orders T...

Is ‘First Amendment auditing’ legal?

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...

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...

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...

News Outlets Challenge Trump White House Access Limits in First Amendment Suit

A group of major news organizations, including CNN, Politico, and MS Now, has sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington, alleging that restrictions on their Whit...

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...

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...

News Outlets Challenge Trump White House Access Limits in First Amendment Suit

A group of major news organizations, including CNN, Politico, and MS Now, has sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington, alleging that restrictions on their Whit...

"Fortunately for Society, Plaintiff's Framework for Retrospectively Punishing News Outlets Is Not the Law"

From Tate v. Fox News Network, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Gregory Presnell (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff has been a licensed… The post "Fortunately for Society, Plaintiff's Framework...

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...

CNN, MS NOW and Politico suing Trump over White House ban

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sue President Donald Trump in US District Court for the District of Columbia over their White House press ban violating first amendment rights. The post C...

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

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

Editorial: Why Americans need a free press

Almost at the very birth of this nation, the founders were clear they wanted citizens to have free access to information about their government. In 1735, the British government sue...

"The Why of Public Access to Judicial Records in Civil Cases"

An excellent article by media lawyers Steve Zansberg and Michael Beylkin.

Lesson 6: The Fairness Doctrine and Public Media

A report from a federal agency told American broadcasters in 1949 to cover controversial public issues and to carry opposing views, and no Congress ever voted that rule into law.

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.

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...

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

NEW YORK — CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House over the weekend, saying the selecti...

Doxing Suit over Post Criticizing Government Employee's Kirk-Murder-Related Post …

rejected on First Amendment grounds.

Journalist's Publishing Information About Sealed Arrest Protected by First Amendment

Tech CEO who sued over the publication had to pay about $400K in defendants' attorney fees as a result of the trial court's throwing out the lawsuit, and the Court of Appeal just a...

FA with "FAFO" and FO

A short excerpt from the long opinion in Barlow v. Dep't of Navy, decided Sept. 11 by Merit Systems Protection… The post FA with "FAFO" and FO appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Permission to Speak Freely: An Introduction," by Sam Lebovic

Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.

Does the First Amendment Block Trump from Banning Media He Doesn’t Like? It’s Complicated.

Does the First Amendment block President Donald Trump from banning media outlets he doesn't like from the White House? It's complicated. The post Does the First Amendment Block Tru...