■ “The people have spoken,” is how Elon Musk explained his decision to reinstate Donald Trump’s Twitter account.
■ Twitter CEO maintains he is a free-speech absolutist while lashing out at those who criticize him or make jokes about him or his company.
■ NBA legend Charles Barkley on CNN praised freedom of speech but warned that there are repercussions for saying the wrong things.
Hawley cow! A state agency led by Republican Josh Hawley intentionally broke open-record laws, a Missouri judge has ruled.
■ Citing “First Amendment problems,” a divided 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel protects campaign materials of Kentucky judicial candidates.
■ Police whistleblower in Tennessee can proceed with First Amendment retaliation claim against his former boss after a summary judgment is denied in district court.
■ Law enforcement officers do not have a First Amendment right to record misconduct investigations, a federal appeals court panel ruled.
■ Reason associate editor concludes that Bush and Obama warnings about disinformation are unneeded and hypocritical.
■ Law enforcement officers do not have a First Amendment right to record misconduct investigations, a federal appeals court panel ruled.
■ Reason associate editor concludes that Bush and Obama warnings about disinformation are unneeded and hypocritical.
Well-wrested. A federal judge in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-‘woke’ law to sleep on college campuses.
■ Reversing a circuit court’s dismissal, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a campus free-speech lawsuit can proceed.
■ Auburn’s retaliation against a tenured professor over his speech will cost the university $645,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.
■ Using the “Chicago Statement” as its guide, the University of Texas System Board of Regents adopts a set of principles committing to protected freedom of speech and expression on its campuses.
■ A professor of education policy helps explain just how much public schools can control what students wear as they embrace free expression amid dress codes.
Missed the memo. A Trump spokesperson mistakenly declared that networks not showing the former president’s campaign announcement in full were violating his First Amendment rights.
■ Nevada governor-elect promises openness and “full transparency,” then bans members of the news media at his victory speech.
■ A Georgia media law professor is worried that a growing number of lawsuits against journalists for records requests is “dangerous for democracy.”
■ Review: The film “She Said” is as much about courage as it is about the power of journalism.
■ Community activists have settled a
lawsuit over an unconstitutional $10,000 bond for holding protest marches in a Louisiana
town.
Bad dog? Jack Daniel’s has asked the Supreme Court to hear the distillery’s trademark case over parodied dog toy, Bad Spaniels.
■ Legal expert tells Reuters that a Colorado website designer’s refusal to build a same-sex wedding site has the Supreme Court poised to issue a blockbuster free-speech decision.
■ Legal expert tells Reuters that a Colorado website designer’s refusal to build a same-sex wedding site has the Supreme Court poised to issue a blockbuster free-speech decision.
■ Opinion: What if retaliatory canceling is the only medicine for curing cancel culture?
■ New Hampshire’s criminal-defamation law does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
■ Pro golfer Patrick Reed’s $750 million defamation lawsuit against the Golf Channel is dismissed by a federal judge in Florida.
