■ A group of California doctors filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, claiming a new medical ‘misinformation’ law violates their First Amendment rights.
■ Getting arrested for parody is no laughing matter, attorneys contend in a New York Post opinion piece.
■ First Amendment concerns are raised in Iowa when an activist’s public comments apparently went from orderly to disorderly.
■ The FBI has reached a settlement with a press-freedom agency over a lawsuit where one of its agents posed as an Associated Press reporter and created a fake story.Speech imperilment. Tech reporter Adi Robertson offers a critical look at how America seems to be turning against the First Amendment.
■ A “Stanford Hates Fun” student group plans to take legal action against the university for allegedly suppressing free speech on campus.
■ Despite complaints, Jacksonville, Fla., authorities state that antisemitic messages displayed in public are protected by the First Amendment.
■ Antisemitism remains the “third rail of prejudice,” writes religion professor Mark Silk, and, with recent comments from Ye, it is “open and obvious.”
■ Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Constitution does not guarantee “freedom from religion,” but clauses in it may prove him wrong.
Flee-dom. Elon Musk claimed activists seek to “destroy free speech” as Twitter advertisers run away from the social media platform.
■ Amid the clamor and chaos of protecting free speech, Twitter is at a crossroads of hate and civility.
■ The CEO of the world’s largest crypto currency exchange said his support of free speech is why he invested $500 million in Musk’s buyout of Twitter.
Boxed in. Judges move to limit vote monitoring outside Arizona drop boxes to hinder intimidation tactics against voters.
■ A South Dakota law to add barriers to ballot measures is partially blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying it violates the First Amendment.
■ Constitutional expert John R. Vile examines Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to limit the DOJ’s ability to seize reporters’ records during investigations.
■ Sen. Dick Durbin wrongly claimed that free speech does not include spreading misinformation, along with other erroneous complaints.
Underage sheep. GOP, Dems see news partiality only in stories that favor the other party, proving media bias is in the eye of the beholder, according to a perspective in The Conversation.
■ Law professors who conducted a study about Supreme Court justices’ attitudes toward press freedoms say freedom of the press is at risk.
■ “Abysmal,” is how Justice Samuel Alito described the state of free speech on college and law school campuses.
■ A new handbook, launched by the ACLU of Delaware, explains how free speech and assembly rights apply to LGBTQ+ students’ expression in schools.
■ Antisemitism remains the “third rail of prejudice,” writes religion professor Mark Silk, and, with recent comments from Ye, it is “open and obvious.”
■ Former Vice President Mike Pence said the Constitution does not guarantee “freedom from religion,” but clauses in it may prove him wrong.
Flee-dom. Elon Musk claimed activists seek to “destroy free speech” as Twitter advertisers run away from the social media platform.
■ Amid the clamor and chaos of protecting free speech, Twitter is at a crossroads of hate and civility.
■ The CEO of the world’s largest crypto currency exchange said his support of free speech is why he invested $500 million in Musk’s buyout of Twitter.
Boxed in. Judges move to limit vote monitoring outside Arizona drop boxes to hinder intimidation tactics against voters.
■ A South Dakota law to add barriers to ballot measures is partially blocked by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying it violates the First Amendment.
■ Constitutional expert John R. Vile examines Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to limit the DOJ’s ability to seize reporters’ records during investigations.
■ Sen. Dick Durbin wrongly claimed that free speech does not include spreading misinformation, along with other erroneous complaints.
Underage sheep. GOP, Dems see news partiality only in stories that favor the other party, proving media bias is in the eye of the beholder, according to a perspective in The Conversation.
■ Law professors who conducted a study about Supreme Court justices’ attitudes toward press freedoms say freedom of the press is at risk.
■ “Abysmal,” is how Justice Samuel Alito described the state of free speech on college and law school campuses.
■ A new handbook, launched by the ACLU of Delaware, explains how free speech and assembly rights apply to LGBTQ+ students’ expression in schools.