'FUCK' Belongs to Everyone
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board determined this week that an applicant cannot have the exclusive rights to everybody's favorite curse word.
Free Speech
Podcasting Conference Apologizes for the 'Harm' Done by Ben Shapiro's Presence
"PM has made mistakes," tweeted Podcast Movement. "The pain caused by this one will always stick with us."
How George Dawes Greene's The Moth Reinvented Storytelling
The novelist talks about The Kingdoms of Savannah and creating The Moth.
How Wiseguy Challenged New York's 'Son of Sam' Laws
Turning terrible events into art is good, actually.
The Babylon Bee's Kyle Mann: 'I'm No More Deserving of God's Grace Than a Transgender Person Is'
The Christian satire site's editor on defying Twitter bans, flaying Gen Z's super-thin skin, and being funny while pious.
Ron DeSantis Wants To Edit the First Amendment
Florida’s governor claims unconstitutional powers that could be used to promote the "far-left" policies he decries.
Babylon Bee Won't Back Down Over Trans Joke Twitter Ban
Kyle Mann, the Christian satire site's editor, also talks Biden vs. Trump, and why he saves his deepest burns for mega-pastors like Joel Osteen.
D.C. Circuit Divides on Level of Scrutiny for Regulation of Filming on Federal Property
A panel majority holds that "reasonableness" is all that is required and upholds the Park Service's permit-and-fee requirements.
ACLU Abandons First Amendment in Colorado Gay Wedding Web-Hosting Case
How do you justify government speech mandates? Apparently, you deliberately pretend that businesses have no right to control the messages they choose to present.
Federal Court Rules Against Florida Law Banning "Woke" Workplace Training
The court ruled - correctly - that the law violates the First Amendment.
How Slaughterhouse-Five Became a Repeated Target of Book Burners
As recently as 2011, a school board in Missouri barred the book from the curriculum and ordered it confined to a special section of the school's library.
Court Upholds Injunction Barring Distribution of Material Recorded at National Abortion Federation Conference
The defendants, the court held, had "knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived any First Amendment rights in disclosing the information they obtained at the NAF conferences" by agreeing to that as a condition of being admitted to the conference.
How Stalin Toyed With Mikhail Bulgakov
The author of The Master and Margarita faced a bewildering mixture of rewards and censorship.
Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law Banning 'Woke' Workplace Training
Ban on mandatory training of certain race topics “is a naked viewpoint-based regulation on speech.”
Democrats Attempt To Boost Midterm Fortunes by Pitching Inflation Reduction Bill That Won't Reduce Inflation
Plus: Federal judge halts part of Florida's Stop WOKE speech law, streaming services overtake cable, and more...
South Carolina Targets Free Speech in Its Attempt To Limit Abortion Access
Billboards remind state residents that controversial speech enjoys First Amendment protection.
Zach Weissmueller: Why Cryptocurrency Privacy Software Restrictions Violate Free Speech Rights
Senior Producer Zach Weissmueller explores how the crackdown on cryptocurrency tools has implications for free speech and financial privacy.
Schoolteachers' First Amendment Rights to Publicly Criticize Transgender Pronoun Policies,
including saying "I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa."
Media Intervenors' Argument Supporting Unsealing Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit
The search warrant and some related materials have been unsealed—but the affidavit is where the details on the justifications for the search would be, and the government has argued this has to remain secret, at least for now.
The Failed Campaign To Kill To Kill a Mockingbird
Recent moves to censor the book have come from Virginia, Mississippi, and California.
Michael Shermer: 'Women Are Not Just Tits and Ass. There's More to It Than That, a Lot More.'
The best-selling author of Why People Believe Weird Things sees a fundamental clash between wokeness and scientific inquiry.
Religious Speech on or with Government Property
Some brief thoughts on the Kennedy v. Bremerton School District case from several weeks ago.
Government's Argument Against Unsealing Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit
The search warrant and some related materials have been unsealed—but the affidavit is where the details on the justifications for the search would be, and the government says this has to remain secret, at least for now.
Muddling Through the Mar-a-Lago Mess
Plus: The editors reaffirm free speech absolutism in the wake of the recent attack on Salman Rushdie.
Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems Triggered Confiscations, Arrests
San Francisco port officials seized copies of Howl and Other Poems in 1957, accusing publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti of obscenity.
London Libel Lawsuits Punish Truth Tellers
The U.S. shouldn't import British defamation law, no matter how much Donald Trump would like to.
You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party, in Wichita
And the Kansas Supreme Court may well be on your side.
Court: "A Retweet Is Not Necessarily an Endorsement"
This comes in a false light lawsuit by the family of former National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, whom CNN had labeled “QAnon followers.”
