■ Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the notion that the detainment of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is about First Amendment rights.
■ In the “land of the free” we do not punish speech, explained Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University, in a recent perspective.
■ Trump’s crackdown on student protesters has sent shock waves across the campuses of U.S. universities.
Liar, liar? If Elon Musk really champions free speech, he should choose his words more carefully while working for the government, asserted David Keating in a USA Today opinion piece.
■ A federal judge ruled that Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) must respond to public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
■ Trump’s crackdown on student protesters has sent shock waves across the campuses of U.S. universities.
Liar, liar? If Elon Musk really champions free speech, he should choose his words more carefully while working for the government, asserted David Keating in a USA Today opinion piece.
■ A federal judge ruled that Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) must respond to public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
■ The nation celebrates Sunshine Week while the sun appears to be setting on government transparency in Florida.
■ Harvard researchers, claiming their First Amendment rights were violated, have sued the Trump administration for pulling their work from a government website.
■ Previously blocked portions of President Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs were reinstated by a federal appeals court.
Listen up. Animal-rights group PETA wants to hear monkey “communications” at the National Institute of Mental Health, and has filed a lawsuit claiming that listeners of speech have the same First Amendment rights as speakers do.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear another free-speech case involving conversion therapy bans for LGBTQ+ children.
■ Supreme Court justices rejected a religious discrimination case by a California fire captain who claimed he was fired over his Christian faith.
■ The estate of Gene Hackman has asked a state district court in New Mexico to block the public release of documents or images from the investigation of the actor’s death.
Sharp decline. With civil liberties under attack by the Trump administration, the United States has been added to a global human-rights watchlist.
■ In his book Murder the Truth author David Enrich examined the Trump administration’s campaign against the First Amendment.
■ Harvard researchers, claiming their First Amendment rights were violated, have sued the Trump administration for pulling their work from a government website.
■ Previously blocked portions of President Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs were reinstated by a federal appeals court.
Listen up. Animal-rights group PETA wants to hear monkey “communications” at the National Institute of Mental Health, and has filed a lawsuit claiming that listeners of speech have the same First Amendment rights as speakers do.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear another free-speech case involving conversion therapy bans for LGBTQ+ children.
■ Supreme Court justices rejected a religious discrimination case by a California fire captain who claimed he was fired over his Christian faith.
■ The estate of Gene Hackman has asked a state district court in New Mexico to block the public release of documents or images from the investigation of the actor’s death.
Sharp decline. With civil liberties under attack by the Trump administration, the United States has been added to a global human-rights watchlist.
■ In his book Murder the Truth author David Enrich examined the Trump administration’s campaign against the First Amendment.
■ Trump is snubbed at the Gridiron Club Dinner as the annual presidential "toast" goes to the First Amendment instead.
■ Idaho has become the 35th state to enact an anti-SLAPP law protecting free speech by curtailing frivolous lawsuits.
Gut punch. Voice of America is one of several media outlets gutted by President Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agencies.
■ The concept of viewpoint discrimination is explained as tensions between Trump and journalists continue to spike.
■ Former Fox News producer has her sexual assault lawsuit against a former anchor and correspondent dismissed by a federal judge.
■ John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and author of the innovative A Season on the Brink, has died unexpectedly at age 69.
Gut punch. Voice of America is one of several media outlets gutted by President Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agencies.
■ The concept of viewpoint discrimination is explained as tensions between Trump and journalists continue to spike.
■ Former Fox News producer has her sexual assault lawsuit against a former anchor and correspondent dismissed by a federal judge.
■ John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and author of the innovative A Season on the Brink, has died unexpectedly at age 69.