"No matter how deplorable the plaintiff finds the defendant's remarks, the First Amendment precludes civil liability for the remarks in order to protect the right to free and robust debate on matters of public concern, which the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus plainly is."
A state law bans it -- but that law is very likely unconstitutional (though a different version of such a ban would have been constitutional).
The libertarianish Colorado Democrat is devolving decision-making to parents and trying to lower the income tax to zero.
cutting back on what seemed like a categorical prohibition on anti-libel injunctions from a 1978 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case.
Very likely no, if the clerk is domiciled in D.C. or Maryland (and pretty likely no if in Virginia), if the stated factual background is accurate.
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It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.
A district court just allowed a First Amendment challenge to this policy to go forward.
The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.
Anthony Novak's arrest and subsequent lawsuit set up a debate around overcriminalization and free speech.
This “unprecedented crisis for democracy” is neither unprecedented nor a crisis for democracy.
A “30-by-50-foot flag saying, ‘TRUMP 2020 Keep America Great’” was therefore wrongly forbidden by the City of Buffalo (Minnesota).
"Government restrictions came in, which literally shut us down," says Paul Smith, who co-owns Red Stag Tattoo in Austin, Texas.
So the Supreme Court held this morning, though it made clear that a city could pick and choose which flags it flies, if it makes clear that the flags are its own speech.
The justices unanimously agree that the city was not endorsing the flags, and that therefore it couldn’t exclude religious organizations.
Alejandro Mayorkas fails to inspire much confidence in the new group run by Nina Jankowicz.
Court redacts the name from the court-hosted official record, but refuses to order private sites to remove it.
The co-founder of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" talks about the power of decentralization and the rise in subscription models for journalism.
The board's head says she is dedicated to "protecting free speech," but she has also expressed direct opposition to "free speech absolutists."
While Americans debate what should be allowed on social media, the EU wants government to decide.
The online encyclopedia's decentralized, Hayekian approach provides a model for Elon Musk as he assumes control of Twitter.
A public school banned a "homosexuality is a sin" T-shirt on the grounds that it mentions "sex."
So holds the Eighth Circuit, even though a state trial court had indeed enjoined the Christian Action League's mailings under that law.
There is some confusion over what the response should be, but there is broad agreement that the officer acted inappropriately.
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So holds a federal appellate court.
"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means," said Musk.
The allegations had been filed in an appendix to a petition the judge filed in the state supreme court, challenging her suspension by the state Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; but the court concludes they are nonetheless not records open to the public.
Forcing private companies to host speech violates the First Amendment.
The Colorado Democrat supports abortion rights, school choice, letting kids play unsupervised, an end to COVID-19 overreach, and an income tax rate of "zero."
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