■ President Trump’s wrath against James Comey and Jimmy Kimmel again illustrated his contempt for freedom of speech, Reason’s Jacob Sullum reported.
■ The First Amendment favors former FBI Director James Comey in the ‘8647’ case launched by the Justice Department. Here is why.
■ While Justice Department lawyers work to defend Donald Trump in lawsuits against him, his Truth Social posts are providing a trove of evidence for those challenging his actions in court, CBS News reported.
Televisionary. The late Ted Turner was the first to understand that global and continuous content was the future of news.
■ Larry Ellison’s alleged promise to fire CNN anchors has drawn the ire of two press-freedom groups that own shares in Paramount Skydance.
■ Watch former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich’s video account of how Paramount is on the verge of creating the largest pro-Trump media monopoly in the United States.
■ Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism were honored for tackling the tough task of covering the Trump administration’s drive to reshape national government and what the change means for individual Americans.
■ A reporter for The Atlantic, who wrote about FBI Director Kash Patel’s “excessive drinking” and its effect within the bureau, is allegedly the subject of a criminal investigation.
■ The cancellation by the Trump administration of more than $100 million in humanities grants was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled.
Volunteer State hypocrisy. Tennessee legislation has turned the right of free speech into a tool held by a de facto one-party state that forces a preferred ideology onto the public while stifling any semblance of dissent, according to a commentary in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
■ The implications of Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act on state college campuses are examined by Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University.
■ Three members of a family have been indicted on assault charges against a Turning Point USA reporter during an ICE protest in Minnesota.
■ Reporters Without Borders announced that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the organization began publishing its annual freedom index in 2002.
Volunteer State hypocrisy. Tennessee legislation has turned the right of free speech into a tool held by a de facto one-party state that forces a preferred ideology onto the public while stifling any semblance of dissent, according to a commentary in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
■ The implications of Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act on state college campuses are examined by Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University.
■ Three members of a family have been indicted on assault charges against a Turning Point USA reporter during an ICE protest in Minnesota.
■ Reporters Without Borders announced that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the organization began publishing its annual freedom index in 2002.
■ California legislators appear ready to target independent journalists rather than allegations of fraud, according to the editorial board of The Washington Post.
Lesson plan. The classroom, where students confront unfamiliar issues and learn to think beyond what they know, is the key to solving the campus free-speech crisis in America, declared an Amherst College professor and student in a commentary for The Hill.
■ Supreme Court justices agreed to hear from Catholic preschools whose leaders say it is unconstitutional to exclude them from a taxpayer-funded program.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people in order to discourage abortions.
■ A Texas law that requires Bible readings for K-12 students has reignited a century-old legal battle over their place in public schools.
Lesson plan. The classroom, where students confront unfamiliar issues and learn to think beyond what they know, is the key to solving the campus free-speech crisis in America, declared an Amherst College professor and student in a commentary for The Hill.
■ Supreme Court justices agreed to hear from Catholic preschools whose leaders say it is unconstitutional to exclude them from a taxpayer-funded program.
■ The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people in order to discourage abortions.
■ A Texas law that requires Bible readings for K-12 students has reignited a century-old legal battle over their place in public schools.
■ The court ruling that upheld a Texas law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is important to Americans who live in the other 49 states as well.
Televisionary. The late Ted Turner was the first to understand that global and continuous content was the future of news.
■ Larry Ellison’s alleged promise to fire CNN anchors has drawn the ire of two press-freedom groups that own shares in Paramount Skydance.
■ Watch former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich’s video account of how Paramount is on the verge of creating the largest pro-Trump media monopoly in the United States.
■ Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism were honored for tackling the tough task of covering the Trump administration’s drive to reshape national government and what the change means for individual Americans.
■ A reporter for The Atlantic, who wrote about FBI Director Kash Patel’s “excessive drinking” and its effect within the bureau, is allegedly the subject of a criminal investigation.
