■ Did the stress of the questionable raid on the Marion County Record lead to the death of its 98-year-old co-owner?
■ A rare court decision that ordered a CBS News senior correspondent to reveal a source could have major implications for the American free press.
■ CNN again is overhauling its news programming in an attempt to reverse a ratings slide.
■ CNN again is overhauling its news programming in an attempt to reverse a ratings slide.
■ In an effort to slow shrinking advertising and circulation, Maine’s largest newspaper group has shifted to a nonprofit business model backed by a national trust.
■ Newspaper editor Bob Giles had left a lasting impact on daily journalism long before he passed away Aug. 7 at age 90.
■ Newspaper editor Bob Giles had left a lasting impact on daily journalism long before he passed away Aug. 7 at age 90.
Speech pattern. Former President Donald Trump vowed to ignore a protective order restricting comments about criminal charges against him, saying, “They’re not taking away my First Amendment rights.”
■ A First Amendment case that Trump’s legal team has cited in his defense would be irrelevant in this one, explained constitutional history expert John R. Vile.
■ CNN’s Jim Acosta used the former president’s own words in a video report to show how Trump for years has trampled on the Bill of Rights.
■ Someone should write a book about Trump and his unending battles with the First Amendment. Oh, wait, someone already has.
■ Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed after his bail was revoked by a Manhattan federal court judge who ruled that the FTX founder committed witness tampering via media interviews.
■ A First Amendment case that Trump’s legal team has cited in his defense would be irrelevant in this one, explained constitutional history expert John R. Vile.
■ CNN’s Jim Acosta used the former president’s own words in a video report to show how Trump for years has trampled on the Bill of Rights.
■ Someone should write a book about Trump and his unending battles with the First Amendment. Oh, wait, someone already has.
■ Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed after his bail was revoked by a Manhattan federal court judge who ruled that the FTX founder committed witness tampering via media interviews.
■ A process to regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election has been launched by the Federal Election Commission.
Stifling. University educators have filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over an abortion act that they claim suppresses free speech.
■ An Illinois law that targeted crisis-pregnancy centers infringed on free-speech rights, a U.S. district judge has declared.
■ Already faced with violating Colorado’s open-meetings law, the state has been urged to ban public officials from using encrypted temporary message apps for official business.
Stifling. University educators have filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho over an abortion act that they claim suppresses free speech.
■ An Illinois law that targeted crisis-pregnancy centers infringed on free-speech rights, a U.S. district judge has declared.
■ Already faced with violating Colorado’s open-meetings law, the state has been urged to ban public officials from using encrypted temporary message apps for official business.
■ The New York City Police Department is the latest law-enforcement agency to encrypt its police radio channels that were once open to the public, including reporters.
■ A potential 2024 California ballot initiative would force lawmakers to reveal lobbyist ties while remaking the state’s open-records law.
A difficult read. Converting libraries at troubled schools into ‘team centers’ that focus on discipline has prompted protests and pushback in Houston.
■ Texas bookstore owners have asked a federal judge to keep Gov. Greg Abbott's new book-rating law off the books, citing First Amendment violations.
■ A potential 2024 California ballot initiative would force lawmakers to reveal lobbyist ties while remaking the state’s open-records law.
A difficult read. Converting libraries at troubled schools into ‘team centers’ that focus on discipline has prompted protests and pushback in Houston.
■ Texas bookstore owners have asked a federal judge to keep Gov. Greg Abbott's new book-rating law off the books, citing First Amendment violations.
■ Parents have filed a lawsuit against a Maryland school board that recently announced that there would be no prior notification when students are assigned LGBTQ+ storybooks as part of the curriculum.
■ A 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated religious exemptions from immunization requirements for schools, colleges, and day-care centers was upheld by a federal appeals court.
■ New Hampshire’s anti-harassment law does not violate the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a juvenile and an adult on a public sidewalk.
Nonessential. An Ohio high school student did not have a First Amendment right to wear a sweatshirt at school with the image of an AR-15 rifle and the word ‘‘essential’’ on it, a federal district court ruled.
■ A 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated religious exemptions from immunization requirements for schools, colleges, and day-care centers was upheld by a federal appeals court.
■ New Hampshire’s anti-harassment law does not violate the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a juvenile and an adult on a public sidewalk.
Nonessential. An Ohio high school student did not have a First Amendment right to wear a sweatshirt at school with the image of an AR-15 rifle and the word ‘‘essential’’ on it, a federal district court ruled.
■ More than 20 years after a rapper’s wrongful conviction, changes to a Louisiana law now prohibit prosecutors from using an artist’s lyrics as evidence of character.
■ A former interim police chief’s criticism of department leadership was unprotected employee speech, not protected citizen speech, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
■ A New York state supreme court judge has allowed a gag order against an animal-sanctuary owner and accused cattle thief to stand.
■ Southwest Airlines landed in hot water with a U.S. district judge who said the company disregarded his orders after losing a free-speech case brought by a fired flight attendant.
■ A former interim police chief’s criticism of department leadership was unprotected employee speech, not protected citizen speech, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
■ A New York state supreme court judge has allowed a gag order against an animal-sanctuary owner and accused cattle thief to stand.
■ Southwest Airlines landed in hot water with a U.S. district judge who said the company disregarded his orders after losing a free-speech case brought by a fired flight attendant.