Free Speech
Oregon's E-Cigarette Censorship Is Unconstitutional—and Makes No Sense
Sometimes the state's rules require stores to cover almost the entire label of products—in places that don't even admit minors.
No Pseudonymity for Former Federal Employees Suing Over Mass Firings
"The fact that disclosure means Plaintiffs 'could be deemed litigious' or that future employers 'may treat Plaintiffs' association with this litigation as a red flag' is not sufficient to allege a substantial privacy interest."
Free Speech Unmuted: From Brandenburg to Britain: Rethinking Free Speech in the Digital Era with Prof. Eric Heinze
Jane and I speak with Eric Heinze (Queen Mary University of London) about how the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression, from Britain’s recent Lucy Connolly case—involving online incitement and hate speech—to the philosophical and legal contrasts between the American Brandenburg standard and the U.K.’s more interventionist approach.
Bari Weiss Has Won the War on Wokeness in Media
Paramount has acquired The Free Press for $150 million and named her editor in chief of CBS News.
British Minister: 'Just Because You Have a Freedom Doesn't Mean You Have To Use It'
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is moving to ban protests that annoy the public.
Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law
Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.
Apple Removed ICEBlock From App Store Under DOJ Pressure
“This is protected speech,” said the app’s creator. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have."
Gavin Newsom Loves AI Satire Now!
Thank goodness that judge struck down the legislation he supported.
Josh Hawley and Democrat Allies Target AI With New Legal and Regulatory Regime
Two bills recently introduced by Hawley would set American AI and the economy back.
Reagan-Appointed Judge Slams Trump's Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Students
Judge William Young wrote a book-length order attacking “the problem this President has with the First Amendment.”
Defend Speech Even When Your Side Hates It
Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes recounts her role in Murthy v. Missouri, her opposition to pandemic mandates, and why she believes Trump poses an even greater threat to free speech than Biden.
Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment
The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.
5 Ways To Fix the NFL's Rules, Referees, Schedule, and More
How to change the league so that owners, players, and fans are happier
Allegedly False Rape Accusations as Sexual Harassment for Title IX Purposes
"[P]ersistent and unfounded branding of a man as a 'rapist' cannot be easily dismissed as anything other than sex-based harassment."
Second Circuit Allows Claim That "Implicit Bias Trainings" Constituted Racial Harassment
The court concluded that the plaintiff, a former New York City educator and administrator, presented enough of a case to go to the jury.
Democrats to Trump: Stop Jawboning, That's Our Job!
Democrats are vowing to break up media companies that kowtowed to Trump if they take back power.
FCC Threats Against Jimmy Kimmel Echo a Century of Speech Control
From the Fairness Doctrine to Nixon’s “raised eyebrow,” government licensing power has long chilled broadcast speech—proving the First Amendment should apply fully to the airwaves.
Why Did a Florida Sheriff Accuse a Group of Fishing Guides of Inciting Threats Against Public Officials?
The Hendry County Sheriff accused Captains for Clean Water of "fuel[ing] hostility and provok[ng] violent rhetoric," but a free speech advocacy group says they were well within the First Amendment.
Donald Trump and Peter Thiel Are Using AI To Supercharge the Surveillance State
Peter Thiel warns of a pending one-world totalitarian government—while himself pushing to supercharge the surveillance state.
Google Says Biden Admin Pressured Company To Remove Content
Plus: ICE helps arrest sex workers, the SIM farm "security threat," Waymo car crashes caused by human error, and more...
Trump's Vision of Broadcast Regulation Is a Threat to Conservatives
History suggests that Republicans will regret letting the FCC police TV programming.
Free Speech Unmuted: Kimmel, the FCC, and the Government's Power Over Broadcast Speech, with Prof. Ash Bhagwat (UC Davis)
Ash Bhagwat is an expert on federal communications law, as well as on the First Amendment; he is also Jane Bambauer's and my co-Executive-Editor on the Journal of Free Speech Law.
