Reshape shift? The U.S. Supreme
Court has tackled several free-speech cases this term but there are more on the current docket that could reshape First Amendment law.
■ Court justices ruled in favor of Tennessee whisky maker Jack Daniel’s in a trademark dispute with the makers of a dog toy.
■ The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the high court to help
define “true threats,” which are not protected under the First Amendment.
■ The GOP is targeting companies that do research on the spread of disinformation, The New York Times reported.
■ The GOP is targeting companies that do research on the spread of disinformation, The New York Times reported.
■ North Carolina’s 2021 law to halt the
issuing of Confederate-flag license plates will stand following an unsuccessful
legal challenge.
■ The New York Court of Appeals has made it harder for music producer Dr. Luke to win his defamation suit against Tennessee pop singer Kesha.
Expressed right. A federal
judge has declared that the city of St. George, Utah, violated the First
Amendment when it refused to issue an event permit for an all-ages drag show in
a public park.
■ A Pride Month protest led to violent skirmishes outside a school board meeting in Southern California.
■ When LGBTQ+ customers are denied services over religious beliefs, a majority of Americans side with the business owners, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
■ While its annual scorecard declared that all social media platforms do a poor job protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech, Twitter is the worst, reported advocacy group GLAAD.
■ A middle school soccer coach was reinstated by the Vermont school district that suspended him over a Facebook comment about a transgender athlete.
Intervention. Ownership of
the writings of the Covenant School shooter, sought after by journalists and others,
will go to the school’s parents instead, a Nashville attorney announced.
■ The 1995 decision to publish a ‘manifesto’ by Ted Kaczynski, the so-called “Unabomber,” remains fiercely debated today.
■ When coverage angered them, local officials sought revenge on their hometown newspapers.
■ The New York Court of Appeals has made it harder for music producer Dr. Luke to win his defamation suit against Tennessee pop singer Kesha.
■ A Pride Month protest led to violent skirmishes outside a school board meeting in Southern California.
■ When LGBTQ+ customers are denied services over religious beliefs, a majority of Americans side with the business owners, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
■ While its annual scorecard declared that all social media platforms do a poor job protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech, Twitter is the worst, reported advocacy group GLAAD.
■ A middle school soccer coach was reinstated by the Vermont school district that suspended him over a Facebook comment about a transgender athlete.
■ The 1995 decision to publish a ‘manifesto’ by Ted Kaczynski, the so-called “Unabomber,” remains fiercely debated today.
■ When coverage angered them, local officials sought revenge on their hometown newspapers.
■ Litigation is likely to follow an
Oklahoma decision to allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
■ Pharmaceutical company Merck has sued the U.S. government over a drug-price negotiation law, claiming it is unconstitutional.
March madness? Protesting
without permission could lead to arrest under a new Mississippi law that
restricts free speech.
■ A jury has convicted two Asheville, N.C., journalists for trespassing based on their involvement in videotaping police activity in 2021.
■ Pharmaceutical company Merck has sued the U.S. government over a drug-price negotiation law, claiming it is unconstitutional.
■ A jury has convicted two Asheville, N.C., journalists for trespassing based on their involvement in videotaping police activity in 2021.
■ Access to police misconduct records may be difficult to attain under a new California proposal from the governor’s office.
■ New York’s Department of Correction has rescinded a directive to clamp down on writing
and creative work by prisoners.
■ Elizabeth Gilbert, “Eat, Pray, Love” author, faced backlash from free-speech advocates for delaying the release of her new novel, which is set in Russia.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is wrong to label book bans a “hoax,” explained PEN America director Jonathan Friedman in a USA Today commentary.
Wannabe seen. Fox News
expressed both regret and surprise for labeling President Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ in
an onscreen chyron message.
■ Three men were arrested and charged for vandalizing the homes of New Hampshire journalists in apparent retaliation for reporting on sexual harassment allegations.
■ Elizabeth Gilbert, “Eat, Pray, Love” author, faced backlash from free-speech advocates for delaying the release of her new novel, which is set in Russia.
■ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is wrong to label book bans a “hoax,” explained PEN America director Jonathan Friedman in a USA Today commentary.
■ Three men were arrested and charged for vandalizing the homes of New Hampshire journalists in apparent retaliation for reporting on sexual harassment allegations.
■ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a
step closer to extradition to the United States after a London high court denied
his latest appeal.
■ Influential whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times, is remembered as a freedom of the press hero.
■ Longtime First Amendment law expert Steve Shiffrin has died.
■ Influential whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times, is remembered as a freedom of the press hero.
■ Longtime First Amendment law expert Steve Shiffrin has died.
