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Free speech, assembly, protest, and First Amendment rights—not government action—have powered LGBTQ+ progress in America.
Nearly every step forward since then has come about not from government action, but from people using the tools protected by the First Amendment.
The Balkinization blog is running a symposium, based on an earlier in-person conference, on “Free Speech in Crisis and the Limits of the First Amendment“. My contribution is an excerpt from an essay I ...
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez warns of unprecedented government censorship during a First Amendment Listening Tour stop in rural Kentucky.
The First Amendment Coalition has sent a letter to Shasta County supervisors protesting the county’s new media policy and procedures for covering board meetings. The coalition says the new rules ...
As we near another anniversary of our “American Experiment”, I’m reminded of the many freedoms we enjoy as U.S. Citizens contained in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. You only ...
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun appointed Jim Bopp, a conservative First Amendment lawyer, to the Indiana University board of trustees. Bopp aims to promote free speech and robust debate on campus ...
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled the federal government's cancellation of research grants for reasons related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, likely violated the First Amendment.
A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state.