Free Speech/First Amendment

• Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Samuel Alito: Free Speech Edition, Damon W. Root, July 5, 2011
• More Unintentional Hilarity from Stephen Colbert’s Campaign Finance Stunt, Damon W. Root, June 30, 2011
• A 'Compelling Interest' to Restrict Video Games Requires More Than Pediatricians' Prejudices, Jacob Sullum, June 29, 2011
• Clarence Thomas, the First Amendment, and "Originalism at the Wrong Time", Damon W. Root, June 28, 2011
• Is the Defeat of Arizona's 'Clean Elections' System a Victory for 'the Richest Americans'?, Jacob Sullum, June 27, 2011
• Justice Clarence Thomas on Selling Violent Video Games to Children: “I Don’t Think the First Amendment Stretches That Far.”, Damon W. Root, June 27, 2011
• Supreme Court Will Review the FCC's 'Indecency' Ban, Jacob Sullum, June 27, 2011
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Matching Funds Campaign Finance Law, Damon W. Root, June 27, 2011
• Supreme Court Overturns California Ban on Selling Violent Video Games to Minors, Jacob Sullum, June 27, 2011
• Reason.tv's Jim Epstein Talks to Judge Napolitano About Being Arrested for Filming a Public Meeting, Matt Welch, June 24, 2011
• College Students: Interested in Free Speech on Campus? Then Read Below, June 9, 2011
• Wednesday Morning Arts Roundup, Jesse Walker, June 8, 2011
• Reason.tv: 3 Reasons Not to Fund Art with Taxes (& Yes, There's a Weiner Connection!), Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, June 8, 2011
• Dallas Bullies Businesses Into Dropping Challenge to Silly Sign Rules, Jacob Sullum, June 7, 2011
• San Francisco Circumcision Intactivist's Anti-Semitic Comix, Tim Cavanaugh, June 5, 2011
• Does Rand Paul Really Want to Imprison People for Attending Speeches?, Jacob Sullum, June 2, 2011
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Ban on Corporate Contributions to Political Candidates, Damon W. Root, May 27, 2011
• Reason TV: The High Value of Low Speech - First Amendment Attorney Robert Corn-Revere Defends The Right to Offend, Zach Weissmueller, May 23, 2011
• Dance Like Nobody's Watching, Except the Park Police, Katherine Mangu-Ward, May 17, 2011
• Phoenix, Arizona, Says City Bus Benches Are Only For Commercial Transactions, Brian Doherty, May 13, 2011
• Clarence Thomas and the First Amendment, Damon W. Root, May 11, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Citizens Divided, Debt Ceiling Deceptions, Gay Sailors In Distress, Mike Riggs, May 11, 2011
• NIU Student Government Concedes That Even Controversial Groups Have First Amendment Rights, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2011
• Wanted: Objective Scientific Studies of Ways to Constrain the Anti-Social Behavior of Evil, Food-Foisting Corporations, Jacob Sullum, April 28, 2011
• What About Porn Featuring Hot Poker Playing Action?, Jacob Sullum, April 18, 2011
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Debates Porn Prosecutions on Russia Today, April 9, 2011
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Talks Lindsey Graham and Free Speech During Wartime, April 5, 2011
• Lindsey Graham Defends Himself: "Petraeus Petraeus troops commander Petraeus!", Matt Welch, April 4, 2011
• Happy Ending to the Arizona Tea Party T-Shirt Case, Brian Doherty, March 31, 2011
• Is the Arizona 'Clean Elections' Case About 'Free Speech for Really Rich Guys'?, Jacob Sullum, March 29, 2011
• Deviled Egg-Gate: Biden's D.A.D.T. Policy for Closeted Journos, Tim Cavanaugh, March 28, 2011
• Republicans Against Sharia, Matt Welch, March 28, 2011
• Biden Thugs Imprison Reporter, Tim Cavanaugh, March 27, 2011
• Jury Nullification Activist Can't Get Arrested in Orlando, Brian Doherty, March 16, 2011
• This Week in Free Speech, Radley Balko, March 16, 2011
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch at CNN.com: "Defund Public Broadcasting", March 11, 2011
• NPR CEO Resigns After Video Sting, Matt Welch, March 9, 2011
• Some Ugly Implications of the Manning Prosecution, Brian Doherty, March 4, 2011
• An Update on Citizens-Recording-Cops Cases in New Haven, Radley Balko, March 4, 2011
• Video Gamers Take on a Cable News Critic, Radley Balko, March 2, 2011
• What Speech Would Be Free In Alitopia?, Tim Cavanaugh, March 2, 2011
• Mayor Orders Code Inspectors to Home of Blogger Critic, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
• An Interactive "War on Cameras" Map, Radley Balko, February 28, 2011
• Obama's War on Whistleblowers, Radley Balko, February 25, 2011
• Short But Sweet, Radley Balko, February 24, 2011
• Houston Police Chief: Citizen Recordings of Violent, Thuggish Police Officers May Lead to Violent, Thuggish Behavior Against Police Officers, Radley Balko, February 24, 2011
• Would 'I ♥ the Redevelopment Authority' Get the Same Treatment?, Jacob Sullum, February 18, 2011
• Jesus Christ, Abolish the FCC Already, Matt Welch, February 16, 2011
• Atlanta PD Will No Longer Harass Citizens Who Record Cops, Radley Balko, February 12, 2011
• Did Feingold Lose Because of Citizens United? (Part II), Jacob Sullum, February 11, 2011
• According to The New York Times, This Is the 101st Century, Jacob Sullum, February 10, 2011
• Judge Orders Prior Restraint of Political Speech, Radley Balko, February 8, 2011
• Miami Beach Police vs. Citizens With Cameras, Radley Balko, February 3, 2011
• "Do You Want Me To Throw It on the Ground?", Radley Balko, January 29, 2011
• Civil Society Defeats a Bigoted Policy, Radley Balko, January 27, 2011
• Presidential Palaver: Obama Is Not Our Talkiest Chief, Tim Cavanaugh, January 26, 2011
• The Travis Corcoran Saga, Radley Balko, January 25, 2011
• Border Patrol Agent Fired for Uttering Forbidden Truths, Jacob Sullum, January 25, 2011
• Are the French Sophisticated Enough to Tolerate Images of Cigarettes?, Jacob Sullum, January 24, 2011
• Citizen-Shot Photographs Show Apparent Police Execution, Radley Balko, January 24, 2011
• Another Illinois Resident Charged for Recording Police, Radley Balko, January 23, 2011
• Common Cause: Citizens United Should Be Overturned Because Scalia and Thomas Attended a Koch Seminar, Jacob Sullum, January 21, 2011
• The Simpsons, Skins, and Child Porn, Jacob Sullum, January 20, 2011
• Federal Judge Says There's No First Amendment Right to Record the Cops, Radley Balko, January 19, 2011
• Political Speech Double Standard of the Day, Matt Welch, January 18, 2011
• Alcohol and the Origins of the First Amendment, Damon W. Root, January 14, 2011
• Canada Bans Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" for Being Too Offensive. No, I'm Not Kidding, Matt Welch, January 13, 2011
• Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Talks About Recording Cops for Russia TV, January 11, 2011
• 3rd-Ranking Dem: Post-Loughner, Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine, Matt Welch, January 11, 2011
• Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years, Brian Doherty, January 10, 2011