Drag Is Protected Speech, Federal Judge Rules
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by the First Amendment, but that hasn't kept government officials from trying to ban them.
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by the First Amendment, but that hasn't kept government officials from trying to ban them.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.
The answer's more complicated than you might think.
The guilty verdict came the same day the Justice Department blasted Minneapolis for harassing the press.
Minneapolis police used gratuitous force, discriminated against black and Native American residents, and retaliated against people exercising their First Amendment rights.
Her arrest may have been retaliation for her involvement in a lawsuit against the local police department.
All they found was some cool cars and clothes.
But Chris Rufo bragged about breaking the law anyway.
Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.
After officials in Orem, Utah, banned “heritage month” displays in the public library, it threatened to discipline librarians who criticized the censorship.
It's not a broad attack on free expression, but Thursday's ruling is certainly a victory for brands that can't take a joke.
Criticizing the law by calling for people to break it is an American tradition.
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Whether the putative target is the "biomedical security state," wokeness, "Big Tech censors," or Chinese Communists, the presidential candidate’s grandstanding poses a clear threat to individual rights.
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Anger about social media censorship should be directed at repressive governments, not the companies they threaten.
A demand letter states that the Uvalde school district is infringing on Adam Martinez's First Amendment right to criticize the government.
The Department of Justice is now intervening on behalf of the Orange County, California, group's right to distribute food at its resource center in Santa Ana.
The partisan and constitutional dangers of letting the IRS police speech are simply too great.
"When the government picks and chooses among religions," the lawsuit reads, "religious liberty is threatened for all."
Uncowed, the protest organizer is suing.
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The lawsuit says Disney has been subject to "a targeted campaign of government retaliation—orchestrated at every step by Governor DeSantis as punishment for Disney's protected speech."
"Criticism of the president is core political speech protected by the First Amendment," says the students' attorney.
Morgan Bettinger might sue the University of Virginia for violating her First Amendment rights.
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The journalist and dissident, who was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony for criticizing the Russian government, has not received the same attention.
Weaponization of the federal government, indeed
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Pretrial rulings recognized the falsity of the election-fraud claims that the outlet aired and rejected three of its defenses.
“After School Satan Clubs” cause no direct harm—they merely challenge the relationship between religious institutions and public schools.
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The college swimmer was reportedly forced to barricade herself in a room for three hours.
As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
A Colorado man was convicted under an anti-stalking law for sending hostile messages online.
Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app
The Supreme Court justice seemed willing to invalidate the federal law on First Amendment grounds.
Today, TikTok. Tomorrow, who knows?
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The former president wanted to "open up" defamation laws. The governor of Florida is about to try.
"I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it," he wrote.