The Wisconsin Court of Appeals let a case against gun-sales advertising site Armslist go forward -- and in the process undermined 47 U.S.C. § 230 protection for a wide range of web sites.
In 1980, the Minnesota Supreme Court said "yes"; yesterday, it agreed to hear a case that might lead it to reconsider.
Some argue that the "freedom of the press" must give special rights to the press-as-industry, because otherwise it would be redundant of the "freedom of the speech" -- but in the Framing era, the two were complementary, not redundant.
Journalism prof Michael Socolow has three simple rules to up your social-media literacy.
A new section for the brief I blogged about last week, ultimately arguing that an injunction is improper in Sindi v. El-Moslimany -- but not because of the First Amendment.
A Nevada school district unlawfully required a student not to wear a gun rights T-shirt, according to a First Amendment lawsuit filed today in federal court.
Restricting guns-or vans, knives, or planes-won't make the world safer. The Toronto van attack reminds us peril lies in people with bad intent, not with how they get it done.
Having failed to thwart crime with gun bans, British officials now want to restrict what may be the most useful tool ever invented.
The Free Press Clause, my research led me to conclude, has long been understood as equally protecting all who speak using the means of mass communications -- not just professional journalists and the like.
Assault weapon ban proposals are more and more popular, but the facts about American gun violence show they'd have little positive effect.
Court feels "menaced" by a pug.
The state law targeted people who share erotic photographs of others without their consent.
Why all Americans should be thankful for the First Amendment
City's new bus system comes with 24-7 camera feeds.
Around the world, governments are trying to kill paper money. It's a terrible idea.
"Yes," the Minnesota Supreme Court said in 1980 -- now it's being asked to reconsider that.
CDC surveys in the 1990s, never publicly reported, indicate nearly 2.5 million defensive uses of guns a year. That matches the results of Gary Kleck's controversial surveys, and it indicates more defensive than offensive uses of guns.
But its illiberal tactics against liberal Muslim reformers remain extremely troubling.
On another National School Walkout day, 57 percent of teens are worried about dying in a school shooting. They shouldn't be.
Activists who stormed the stage were shocked when alumni in the audience dared to heckle them.
It's a dissent from denial of rehearing en banc, joined by Judge Edith Jones, in a case that upheld a $350 cap for contributions to Austin City Council races.
But dumb, offensive speech still isn't violence.
Today people are shamed for not sharing personal information about themselves.
The percentage of young adults saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases has risen 10 percentage points since 2015.
Randa Jarrar reveals hypocrisy on the right.
An impressive new movie dramatizes the story behind the famous Supreme Court case about whether it is permissible for the government to condemn homes in order to promote private "economic development."
"Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed."
I'm crowd-testing this draft amicus brief, which I need to be file by Wednesday, April 25. Please tell me what I'm getting wrong here!
The U.S. Supreme Court had rejected the Massachusetts court's earlier arguments for why stun guns aren't covered by the Second Amendment, but had sent the case back for the Massachusetts court to consider other arguments.
Lawmakers passed a bill requiring American firms to comply with warrants for data stored overseas, ending a legal fight.
When it comes to mishandling the details of your life, social media has nothing on the tax man.
The student handbook makes it clear that students broke university policy.
The therapists would be mandatory in middle and high schools.
From One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to Black Peter, the Czech-born Oscar-winner championed eccentric individuals and artists over small-minded bureaucrats and a stifling state.
Congress doesn't have the best track record on privacy rights.
Democrats are rehabilitating the deservedly poor reputations of surveillance-state officials who were caught lying to the American people
"We're not children! You can't talk to us like that!"
They say it's to protect free speech.
Faculty take a stand against an unfair investigation.
We can think of at least one whistleblower who agrees.
Does the Supreme Court's decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar (2015) -- which upheld a restriction on fundraising by a judicial candidate -- also authorize much broader bans on candidate speech?
London's got a homicide problem, but leaders insist it's being caused by the tools.
"You used language of safety and protection earlier. We see this happening on college campuses all across the country."
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