The president's spokeswoman is doing what she has always done on TV, unencumbered by the legal distinction between partisan pundit and executive branch employee.
Nancy Pelosi's overwrought take on Donald Trump's receptiveness to "oppo research" is hard to take seriously.
The debate about whether the killer should have been prosecuted for federal hate crimes shows how the Justice Department targets defendants based on the opinions they express.
New Jersey’s lousy craft beer rules are an affront to free speech and consumer choice
The People v. Lawrence Ferlinghetti explains how America embraced free speech—and how we're ready to throw it away.
The Seattle festival's organizers argue that banning signs referring to state-licensed cannabusinesses violates the state and federal constitutions.
The move violates the First Amendment, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Censorship inevitably ends up being used to protect the powerful from criticism.
The move is an assault on the First Amendment.
Actions speak louder than words. Trump 's labeling of the media as "the enemy of the people" is bad, but he's not breaking into reporters' homes to find leakers. That's what the San Francisco Police Department did.
"An elaborate investigative and enforcement regime designed to restrain, deter, suppress, and punish speech."
The Trump appointee warns that "little would be left of our First Amendment liberties" if cops could punish people who irk them by finding a legal reason to bust them.
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
Episode 4 of Free Speech Rules, starring UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
Don't believe the Justice Department when it reassures journalists that the WikiLeaks founder is uniquely guilty of violating the Espionage Act.
Plus: Naomi Wolf has no clue (again), gun site wins Section 230 case, and more...
Under the government's theory in some of the charges, any reporter who knowingly prints certain kinds of government secrets could equally be prosecuted.
Jon Goldsmith called a local deputy a "stupid sum bitch" on Facebook, so the deputy's superior charged Goldsmith with writing a threatening statement.
A Savannah, Georgia, law that required testing and licensing of tour guides is found unconstitutional.
The federal attempt to take the patch uniquely combines free speech violations and asset forfeiture.
Bryan Carmody refused to name the source of a leaked police report.
The supposed plague of misleading and harmful information on the internet is nothing new, nor is governments' desire to muzzle anybody who says inconvenient things.
A new book reaches the right conclusions on telecom policy but suffers from anti-market myopia.
The federal hate crime charges against John T. Earnest are redundant and constitutionally problematic.
No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
Conservatives say they are subject to a double standard.
Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.
The group takes its First Amendment crusade to a public park in Minnesota.
Today it's creators, not cops, who want to banish R. Crumb, onetime king of the comics underground.
Director Penny Lane chronicles the rise of the Satanic Temple, a group that combines theatrical stunts with political activism.
Plus: "we need a president who recognizes sex work as work," says Mike Gravel; how kid-friendly pot paraphernalia killed decriminalization; more...
They're joined by an arrested spa owner and manager in fighting the release of surveillance video, with an array of big media companies on the other side.
The owner of a clothing line asks the Supreme Court to overturn the ban on "scandalous" trademarks because it violates the First Amendment.
The case drew support from rappers like Killer Mike, Chance the Rapper, and Meek Mill.
Freedom of the press is not limited to "legitimate journalists."
Plus: Christians and bureaucrats versus Tarot in Virginia, and Democratic candidates on restoring voting rights to prisoners
"Sharing our completely legal weekend activities on Snapchat should not result three days of in-school suspensions," Cody Conroy told Reason.
The Columbia University linguist discusses the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
Columbia linguist John McWhorter on the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
Episode 3 of Free Speech Rules, starring UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
"This is not a terribly effective tactic of persuasion, loudly yelling so students can't hear."
Equal treatment under the law can mean everyone is treated equally poorly
Journalists would be expected to pay up for government records, while handing over their own records to government officials for free.
"There is simply not enough information...to confirm that the protestors' conduct, taken as a whole, constituted unprotected disruption."
Since I've been blogging today about public rights of access to sealed files, I thought I'd pass this along.
Facebook and the end of the open Internet era
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 last night to grant Patrick Murphy's petition for a stay.
Plus: Senators move to end warrantless NSA spying and the "Paycheck Fairness Act" passes the House.