Lawsuit Against 'Shitty Media Men' List Creator Can Proceed, Judge Says
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The Souls of Yellow Folk author says a new "elite consensus" fixated on racial outrage is forming and may destroy our ability to function.
COVID-19 control measures violate the First Amendment when they arbitrarily favor secular conduct.
Can the government compel speech? For Supreme Court justices, that seems to depend on the content of that speech.
The Chief Justice provides the pivotal vote in the June Medical Services abortion case and Seila Law v. CFPB.
U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe finds that the state's COVID-19 control measures arbitrarily discriminate against religious conduct.
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Their illegal search was not recorded.
Don't lock down expression along with so much else of American society.
The heterodox hosts of the popular Blocked and Reported podcast talk about surviving internet outrage, the roots of speech repression, and the power of direct financial support from fans.
The rapper, whose real name is Darell Caldwell, is speaking out about his lyrics and videos being used against him in a murder trial.
A lower court precedent left unchallenged would unjustly compromise First Amendment protest rights. The Supreme Court should reconsider.
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The president promises penalties he has no power to impose, while the company promises moderation it cannot deliver.
As SCOTUS declines to issue an injunction, the chief justice says the state's COVID-19 control measures seem consistent with the First Amendment.
"Although California's guidelines place restrictions on places of worship," Roberts wrote, "those restrictions appear consistent with the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment."
Do mandatory, integrated state bar associations violate the First Amendment? Two justices would like the Court to reconsider this question.
Several courts have invalidated elements of state shelter-in-place orders. Constitutional law Professor Josh Blackman says that the longer they continue, the less legal they become.
So much for the First Amendment.
Thank god for the First Amendment and the feuds among powerful politicians and platforms that will keep free speech alive.
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Supreme Court precedent suggests COVID-19 restrictions that discriminate against churches are presumptively unconstitutional.
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Joshua and Emily Killeen are suing Yavapai County, Arizona, for what they claim are unconstitutional restrictions on their ability to advertise their business and host events on their rural property.
Hamas "used and relied on" Facebook "as among its most important tools to facilitate and carry out its terrorist activity," the plaintiffs claimed.
The anti-prostitution pledge is unconstitutional when applied to U.S. nonprofits. But the feds say it's still OK to compel speech from these groups' foreign affiliates.
While governments are shutting down religious services and fining pastors who defy those orders.
The Federalist's Ben Domenech is fighting the government in court.
The NLRB's prosecution of a conservative journalist should be worrisome.
The video was appalling, but it does not constitute a safety threat.
The government has broad emergency powers, but that doesn't mean the Constitution is suspended.
A federal judge defended religious freedom by blocking a misguided ban on drive-in Easter services.
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of frivolous suits the president's reelection campaign has filed against media outlets.
The group's petition "would dangerously curtail the freedom of the press embodied in the First Amendment."
It depends on the state where you live.
Religious liberty, public health, and the police powers of the states
A new lawsuit is challenging the California DMV's rejection of allegedly offensive personalized license plates.
No amount of money can buy victory for candidates who fail to persuade voters.
Mississippi has a reputation for being one of the most obese states in the nation, as well as having one of America's highest incarceration rates. Neither will be improved by treating unlicensed dieticians like serious criminals.
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They call it a "hate crime against Asian students and scholars."
Trump has long complained that libel laws need to be loosened to allow more lawsuits against media outlets.
How the press learned to stop worrying and love censorship.