The company's surrender to Trump's extortion vindicates his strategy of using frivolous litigation and his presidential powers to punish constitutionally protected speech.
A bill awaiting the governor's signature represents a stark reversal from a 2019 law aimed at promoting "uninhibited debate."
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
The administration's demands extend far beyond its avowed concern about antisemitism and enforcement of "civil rights laws."
The president's lawyers also conflate fraud with defamation, misconstrue the commercial speech doctrine, and assert that false speech is not constitutionally protected.
Just a quarter of respondents said they favored deporting students for "expressing pro-Palestine views."
An immigration judge's decision reinforces the constitutional argument against the law that the secretary of state is invoking.
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
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.
The 9th Circuit revived a First Amendment lawsuit by Lars Jensen, who says his community college punished him for complaining about dumbed-down courses.
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."
Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s assault on "Big Tech censorship" aims to override editorial decisions protected by the First Amendment.
The president's portrayal of journalism he does not like as consumer fraud is legally frivolous and blatantly unconstitutional.
"It's shameful that government officials would use the criminal legal process to censor art and expression."
The settlement vindicates Kimberly Diei's First Amendment right to comment on sexually explicit rap songs without suffering government retaliation.
The president-elect frivolously claims that J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register owe him damages because of an erroneous preelection poll.
The president-elect's lawsuit against The Des Moines Register is a patently frivolous and constitutionally dubious attempt to intimidate the press.
"We're gonna come after the people in the media," the Trump stalwart warns. "Whether it's criminally or civilly, we'll figure that out."
The company, which says it takes an "apolitical approach" to rating news outlets, faces regulatory threats and a congressional probe because of its perceived bias against conservatives.
Opposing Priscilla Villarreal's petition for Supreme Court review, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton portrays basic journalism as "incitement."
Susan Hogarth posted a photo of her primary ballot. In North Carolina, that's against the law.
Department of Education settlements with protest-wracked colleges threaten censorship by bureaucracy.
Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think.
An ideologically diverse mix of individuals and organizations supports a Texas journalist who was arrested for asking questions.
Julian Assange and Priscilla Villarreal were both arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
The newspaper portrays the constitutional challenge to the government's social media meddling as a conspiracy by Donald Trump's supporters.
Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation.
The survey also found that two-thirds of respondents believe that America is on the "wrong track" when it comes to free speech.
The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions.
A new lawsuit is challenging a Utah law that requires age verification to use social media and forces minors to get their parents permission first.
DEI statements are political litmus tests.
FIRE and the ACLU of Vermont are now representing the man in a free speech lawsuit.
A graduate student was forced to take down two pro-Palestinian signs from the door of her art studio, but others were allowed to keep up their own political messages.
Respecting free speech defends individual rights and lets people show us who they are.
"Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott.
Their proposal raises obvious free speech concerns.
Critics have argued the legal action is a meritless SLAPP suit.
The judge ruled that drag performances are not inherently expressive and that schools could regulate "vulgar and lewd" conduct.
"Science should have no agenda other than a relentless pursuit of the truth.... With DEI, we're expected to search out racism within science curriculum, and it's just not there," says professor Bill Blanken.
The district is still censoring the Gadsden flag patch as well as Second Amendment advocacy, according to FIRE.
Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about a lawsuit against California Community Colleges' new DEI standards with FIRE attorney Jessie Appleby and the plaintiff
The hospital baselessly claimed the teenager's mother wrote the petition after she was fired without cause.
Adam Martinez was banned from school property after he criticized the district's decision to hire an officer deemed "ineligible for rehire" by the local sheriff's office.
"Americans don't need a permission slip to speak in front of city hall. The First Amendment is their permission slip," said one attorney involved in the case.
If the Florida governor wants better behavior, he should model better behavior.
But Chris Rufo bragged about breaking the law anyway.
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