The judge ruled that Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders targeting "gender ideology" can't change the fact that drag performance is expressive conduct under the First Amendment.
Linda Martin's lawsuit alleges that the agency violated her right to due process when it took her $40,200 and sent her a notice failing to articulate the reason.
Passengers suing the TSA for First Amendment violations have had a rough time in court.
The judge found that the agency's "unusual secrecy" and "substantial authority" make it subject to public record laws.
During Trump's first term, California filed numerous lawsuits seeking to halt deregulation.
The president campaigned on a promise to defend the First Amendment, but he's now attacking free speech through a variety of disreputable strategies.
Texas A&M's Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows on the grounds that they objectify women and violate state and federal policies against promoting "gender ideology."
The president said a Florida school "secretly socially transitioned" a 13-year-old. Emails suggest otherwise.
Elon Musk promised "maximum transparency," but that apparently doesn't include Freedom of Information requests to DOGE.
Most courts have ruled that vanity license plates are private speech and protected from viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment.
The authors of a picture book about two male penguins raising a chick together argue excluding their book from school libraries violates their free speech rights.
After a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the city backed down. But it's still part of a worrying trend.
“I cannot ignore Congress’ detailed framework for refugee admissions and the limits it placed on the president’s ability to suspend the same,” said Judge Jamal Whitehead.
Whether or not a reasonable police officer violates clearly established law when he declines to check the features and address of his target house before raiding it is thus still up for debate.
The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.
Free speech experts say the takedown order is a clear example of unconstitutional prior restraint under the First Amendment.
Conway, New Hampshire, is trying to make a local bakery take down a mural of colorful baked goods. The bakery says that violates its First Amendment rights.
Nearly a dozen lawsuits allege that DOGE's access to government payment and personnel systems violates a litany of federal privacy and record-handling laws.
The full transcript shows the president's complaints about the editing of the interview are not just wildly hyperbolic and legally groundless. They are demonstrably false.
Donald Trump's complaints were always meritless, but CBS' capitulation sets a dangerous precedent for the future of the news media.
Video of the incident shows Micah Washington screaming as a Reform, Alabama, police officer deploys a Taser directly into his back.
Elon Musk sues seven more companies for pulling advertising from his platform.
Curtrina Martin's petition attracted support from a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Why should an unpopular president shape so much policy on his way out?
The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.
In a federal lawsuit, artists say their nonfungible tokens should be treated like physical art.
I can't stand big government, but I think we need something. Michael Malice says I'm wrong.
The Nevada Highway Patrol exceeded its legal authority when it seized nearly $90,000 in cash from Stephen Lara in 2023 and then handed the case to the DEA.
A police incident report admitted "we had no probable cause" to arrest the man on loitering and prowling charges after he wouldn't give his name to officers.
Houston police "initiated a high-speed chase to pursue a suspect evading arrest for paying $40 to solicit sexual activity from another adult," notes a Texas Supreme Court judge.
Plus: Biden's last-minute Ukraine cash surge, Tennessee age-verification law blocked, Kentucky man killed by cop who showed up at wrong house, and more…
The wrongful death lawsuit says Randall Adjessom came out of his bedroom with a gun when Mobile police broke down his family's door in a predawn raid, but when he realized they were cops, he put his hands in the air.
A judge says the federal law has no constitutional basis and threatens First and Fourth Amendment rights.
Body camera footage shows Pasco County deputies harassing families and threatening them with code violations because one of them was placed on a "prolific offender" list.
A class action lawsuit claims Indianapolis law enforcement is using civil asset forfeiture to seize millions in cash from packages routed through a major FedEx hub, without notifying the owners of what crime they're suspected of committing.
Despite its enormous budget and vast regulatory powers, the agency has failed to detect major frauds while wasting time and money on relatively useless disclosures.
A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the infamous Rikers Island jail complex.
Copying information is not the same as copying content.
A federal court denied them the right to sue—despite Congress enacting a law five decades ago specifically for situations like this one.
Plus: Andrew Cuomo's potential prosecution, Texas death blamed on abortion ban, and more...
The groups are challenging a Florida law that bans some teens from social media.
Rebekah Massie's removal and arrest from a city council meeting was "objectively outrageous," the judge ruled.
Iowa has one of the most aggressive court systems in the country when it comes to billing defendants for court-appointed attorneys, even in cases where they're acquitted or charges are dropped.
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
Due to North Carolina's lack of an anti-SLAPP law, the defendants will have to defend themselves in court.
South Carolina bans all media interviews with incarcerated people, a policy the state's ACLU chapter says is the most restrictive in the country and infringes on its First Amendment rights.
Daniel Horwitz often represents people illegally silenced by the government. This time he says a court violated his First Amendment rights when it gagged him from publicly speaking about a troubled state prison.
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