‘It’s the First Amendment, stupid’: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations
On Thursday, the judge agreed the health department’s threats were “viewpoint discrimination” and wrote that the group ...
Disinformation isn’t the problem but government coverups and censorship are
The right to criticize the government and speak out against government wrongdoing is the quintessential freedom.
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First Amendment scholar: Trump’s Jan. 6 speech wasn’t criminal
What former President Donald Trump said in his Jan. 6, 2001, speech was protected by the First Amendment, but what his followers did at the U.S. Capitol was illegal, George Washington University ...
New York Post9d
Doing the ‘Walz’: Tim’s free-speech bait-and-switch endangers First Amendment
Instead, his interview ironically became itself a flagrant example of misinformation. First of all, misinformation and hate speech are not exceptions to the First Amendment: Whether it is the ...
Herald-Leader endorsement: Two amendments on the ballot. One simple approach to voting
On Nov. 5, Kentucky voters will see two amendments to change the state Constitution. There’s one easy way to approach them.
Florida’s threat of criminal charges against TV stations blasted as unconstitutional
At issue are political ads supporting the state’s abortion amendment, which will be on the November ballot and aims to ...
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Is Gen Z the key to passing Florida’s abortion amendment?
In November, Floridians will vote on Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. Advocates ...
RL 21 is a mockery to long-held freedoms; Amendment G is radical effort: Your letters
Vote NO on RL 21 so we keep at least the small amount of local control we have left. RL 21 is bad for local control and bad ...
Miami Herald12d
New DeSantis administration report alleges ‘widespread petition fraud’ in Amendment 4
The report, issued after Floridians started voting, is the latest example of the governor’s use of state power to defeat Amendment 4, one of his top priorities this fall. Since DeSantis and the ...
Dallas ISD kindergarten teacher suing school district, accusing them of discrimination, retaliation
DALLAS — A Dallas ISD kindergarten teacher, and mother of two students, has filed a civil suit against the school district, ...
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Yes, Tim Walz, You Can Shout 'Fire' In A Crowded Theatre
"The First Amendment recognizes that the government ... Not only was this a purely hypothetical example used to explain Holmes' opinion, but the ruling itself was largely overturned 50 years ...