■ Brittany Martin, a pregnant activist given a four-year jail sentence after verbally clashing with police at a rally, is looking to have her sentence reduced at hearing today, Sept. 12. (Check for updates here)
■ If you like free speech on your college campus, consider University of Chicago and skip Columbia University, new rankings show.
■ Should we worry about a day when all speech is government speech? This professor emeritus does.
■ The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer explains how a right-wing war on free speech could backfire.
Name that tune in one amendment. Teen goes viral with song about a First Amendment ‘so fine,’ that on the Bill of Rights ‘it’s first in line.’
■ A law professor examines the question: Does the First Amendment protect attorneys who lie?
■ The National Review asserts that there are examples that show the White House is engaged in a campaign to censor dissenting voices.
A legend lost. Bernard Shaw, the lead news anchor who ‘defined CNN’ in its infancy, is remembered for his steely coverage and cool demeanor.
■ The killing of a Las Vegas reporter is a ‘sobering reminder of the inherent risks of investigative journalism.’
■ A retired small-town editor laments the slow death of the community newspaper in America.
■ Jeanine Pirro ‘was pulling conspiracy theories from dark corners of the Web,’ a Fox producer’s email said as the Dominion Voting Systems trial moves on.
A discrimination saga. Student at center of a ‘Pride’ issue controversy that shut down high school’s 54-year-old newspaper speaks out against censorship.
■ A Louisville photographer cannot be forced by city ordinance to take on same-sex wedding assignments, a federal district court ruled.
■ Teacher suspended for refusing to remove name of unvaccinated librarian in student-run publication is drawing support for reinstatement from dozens of organizations.
2K not OK. Now that his election-conspiracy book ‘2,000 Mules’ was recalled, Dinesh D’Souza could face potential libel charges.
■ Fox News claims that TikTok has silenced nearly a dozen pro-free speech organizations, effectively suppressing conservatives.
■ Peaceful protesters arrested in 2020 will receive a $540,000 settlement from the city of Cleveland.
■ Judge dismisses all charges against an Oregon radio journalist accused of trespassing and resisting arrest while reporting on police removal of houseless campers in Medford.
A discrimination saga. Student at center of a ‘Pride’ issue controversy that shut down high school’s 54-year-old newspaper speaks out against censorship.
■ A Louisville photographer cannot be forced by city ordinance to take on same-sex wedding assignments, a federal district court ruled.
■ Teacher suspended for refusing to remove name of unvaccinated librarian in student-run publication is drawing support for reinstatement from dozens of organizations.
2K not OK. Now that his election-conspiracy book ‘2,000 Mules’ was recalled, Dinesh D’Souza could face potential libel charges.
■ Fox News claims that TikTok has silenced nearly a dozen pro-free speech organizations, effectively suppressing conservatives.
■ Peaceful protesters arrested in 2020 will receive a $540,000 settlement from the city of Cleveland.
■ Judge dismisses all charges against an Oregon radio journalist accused of trespassing and resisting arrest while reporting on police removal of houseless campers in Medford.