■ Tennessee House leadership held a private meeting with no public notice and adopted the controversial sign ruling, The Tennessean reported.
■ A panel of federal appellate judges was skeptical that Florida’s Stop WOKE Act could dodge free-speech protections.
■ Citing dire threats to democracy, the presidents of 13 universities have launched a partnership to elevate free speech on their campuses.
■ California’s community college system is facing a lawsuit that alleges its diversity, equity, and inclusion rules are in violation of teachers’ First Amendment rights.
■ Citing dire threats to democracy, the presidents of 13 universities have launched a partnership to elevate free speech on their campuses.
■ California’s community college system is facing a lawsuit that alleges its diversity, equity, and inclusion rules are in violation of teachers’ First Amendment rights.
Ways and memes. A Tullahoma, Tenn., student who posted satirical memes of his principal will have his suspension rescinded while his First Amendment lawsuit is being heard.
■ A Brad Pitt zombie movie-inspired text during the COVID-19 lockdown was protected speech, not a terrorism threat, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
■ Efforts by law schools to protect campus free speech could become a factor in their accreditation, declared the new American Bar Association president.
■ The Stanford law dean who navigated a recent free-speech controversy has been appointed the university’s new provost.
■ A Brad Pitt zombie movie-inspired text during the COVID-19 lockdown was protected speech, not a terrorism threat, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
■ Efforts by law schools to protect campus free speech could become a factor in their accreditation, declared the new American Bar Association president.
■ The Stanford law dean who navigated a recent free-speech controversy has been appointed the university’s new provost.
Integrity deleted. After publishing a false story about a fallen soldier that a U.S. Marine sergeant said was a disgusting attempt “to score cheap clickbait points,” Fox News apologized to the Gold Star family.
■ In court, Fox News argued that its Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection coverage was protected by the First Amendment.
■ Jack Smith’s Trump indictment is where free speech led to criminal conspiracy, posited First Amendment scholar Lynn Greenky in The Hill.
■ Salman Rushdie is scheduled to speak via livestream at a national First Amendment summit on the importance of free speech and the forces of censorship that threaten it.
■ Jack Smith’s Trump indictment is where free speech led to criminal conspiracy, posited First Amendment scholar Lynn Greenky in The Hill.
■ Salman Rushdie is scheduled to speak via livestream at a national First Amendment summit on the importance of free speech and the forces of censorship that threaten it.
Raid charade? Unsealed court records provided some insight into why law enforcement officers raided a Marion, Kan., newspaper office but criticisms continued.
■ “It was like a heartbeat,” was how one West Virginia reader lamented the death of The Welch News, one of the latest in a string of shuttered community newspapers.
■ News organizations have begun setting guidelines on using and integrating AI tech tools in their newsrooms.
Site unseen. Panels concealing anti-slavery murals at a Vermont law school may remain after the artist loses his appeal to have them removed.
■ Prohibiting certain themes or language on interior bulletin boards at a small California community college violates the First Amendment, ruled a federal appeals court.
■ A public library in California shut down a private event about transgender athletes in violation of the First Amendment, claimed the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
■ An anti-abortion group chalked up a free-speech win after an appellate court ruling allowed its lawsuit over 2020 Washington, D.C., protest arrests to continue.
