So holds a Fifth Circuit panel (by a 2-to-1 vote), in an assignment requiring the writing of the Pledge of Allegiance, but the same argument would apply, I think, to compelled statements of other ideologies, whether related to patriotism, race, sex, sexual orientation, or anything else.
The plaintiff is Francesca Viola, who wrote the comment when she was a journalism professor at Temple University.
"Bartolotti alleges that 'anytime you search [his] name on [the internet, he is] affiliated with this case,' which 'has affected [his] personal and professional lives [and] has become a safety issue at times as well.'"
The statute immunizes computer services for "action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict ... availability of material that the provider ... considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected"—but what exactly does that mean?
The suspension is based on "demonstrably false and misleading statements" that Giuliani made as Donald Trump's lawyer.
This is the case against DeRay Mckesson, brought by a police officer who was injured in a protest that Mckesson allegedly organized.
No, it’s not an attempt to monitor faculty and student views. It’s an attempt to make sure they’re allowed to express them.
A way of warning someone they might feel offended is itself offensive?
After Chinese authorities conducted newsroom raids and arrested top editors, pro-democracy publication Apple Daily realized it could no longer safely operate.
Why is straight reporting on educational reform measures so difficult.
We'll be ready to publish articles on this subject as early as September, if you submit them by August 1.
First Amendment advocates prevailed in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
Holding a sign in a public park should not cause an arrest.
The Court doesn't set forth a categorical rule protecting such speech, but strongly suggests that such speech is normally protected by the First Amendment—and defines political speech broadly, to include criticism (even vulgar criticism) of school programs and officials.
Advertisers found that appeasing an illiberal mob wasn’t a safe choice after all.
In many professional arenas, Wu's swings and misses would have consequences. In Wu's case, it landed him an advisory role in the Biden administration.
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When (1) states seek to protect abortion rights / gun rights / speech rights against private restriction, and (2) Congress seeks to encourage such private restrictions by preempting the state law protections, might such federal preemption violate the Constitution?
Three states have advanced constitutionally questionable laws.
Wayne Nutt worked as an engineer for decades. But because he's not licensed, North Carolina's engineering board says that he can't share his expertise in public.
The Fourth Circuit holds that Maryland's ban must be subject to strict scrutiny, a test that the prohibition is highly unlikely to satisfy.
It's wrong for politicians to suppress important debates in schools. Instead let families have more control of their kids' educations.
A new decision from the Georgia Court of Appeals.
The law would make a federal case out of every aggrieved internet user and compel companies to host messages they do not wish to platform.
If this doubly punitive anti-press maneuver sounds familiar, that's because it keeps happening, including to Reason.
Americans oppose restrictions, but report feeling less free to speak about political matters.
The three-judge panel struck down the statute by a 2-to-1 vote, but now the entire Eighth Circuit will consider the case en banc.
This violates the First Amendment, I think; the government generally may not discriminatorily terminate (or refuse to renew) contracts based on the contractors' speech on matters of public concern.
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I don't know the correct level of content moderation by Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Amazon, and neither do you.
The creator of ultra-woke poet Titania McGrath makes the case against cancel culture.
"Stanford Law School is strongly committed to free speech," says Dean Jenny S. Martinez, who wants to "ensure that something like this does not happen again."
The university investigated a law school student for mocking the Federalist Society, putting his diploma on hold until yesterday.
