Federal judge: Lawsuit against Andrew Anglin of 'Daily Stormer' can proceed,...
In Montana today, a federal judge said the First Amendment doesn't protect a pro-Nazi internet publisher from being sued for instructing his readers to unleash a "troll storm" that materialized in a...
View ArticleIntelligence officials sue to end pre-publication government review of writings
Two civil liberties groups today sued three U.S. intelligence chiefs and the current acting defense secretary, “seeking to have declared unconstitutional their agencies’ pre-publication reviews of...
View ArticleStudent painting depicting police office as pig pulled from art show at...
At the Madeira Municipal Building in Ohio, a high school student's artwork depicting a pig in a police uniform was taken down by the organizers of an annual student art show. In the artwork, the pig...
View ArticleFederal Court: Kentucky discriminated by disallowing "IM GOD" license plate
In 2016, Bennie L. Hart applied for a vanity license plate emblazoned with "IM GOD." The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet refused to issue the plate, apparently because it was related to religion. With...
View ArticleGeorgia school principal suspended the student who posted video of crowded...
A whistleblowing student at a Georgia high school was suspended after he posted a video of fellow students crammed into a hallway between classes, many of them without masks. After he was suspended,...
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Libertarian social media site Parler asks government to force private...
Conservative social media haven Parler has been dropped from most online services, including Amazon Web Services, which hosted the site. According to The Hill, the Libertarian-founded company has...
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After being investigated for his blog post, Cory Doctorow sent this FOIA...
Last week an FBI special agent rang up Cory Doctorow and told him he had questions about a blog post Cory had written in July about a Popular Mechanics article on the physics of toppling statues....
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The fascinating free speech history of American license plates
You know how US states have "official birds" and "official trees" and other arbitrary "official [insert thing]" accolades, which are mostly just meaningless marketing tactics? As the podcast 99%...
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Yoga no longer banned in Alabama schools, but "namaste" is
After a failed attempt to overturn Alabama's nearly three-decade ban on yoga in public schools, the state legislature has finally gotten over their moral panic and agreed to lift the ruling. But...
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Assailed for muzzling professors, University of Florida will now permit them...
The University of Florida, a publicly-funded college, ordered three of its professors not to give expert testimony at a hearing that might embarass Florida governor Ron DeSantis. After it was reminded...
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Arizona legislators approve ban on filming police
Arizona's Republican-majority legislature took one look at the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin and set out to make sure it could never happen there: accordingly, it's approved...
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Clarence Thomas wants to make it easier to sue the media for defamation
Clarence Thomas, who became a Supreme Court Justice despite being credibly accused of sexual harassment, has recently made it clear on at least two occasions that he wants to remove well-established...
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Pete Buttigieg makes short work of Fox News reporter who tried to entrap him...
If you're going to go on Fox, this is how you do it.pic.twitter.com/1HpakCVmUH— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 10, 2022 A Fox News reporter tried to corner Transportation Secretary Pete...
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Middle-school Satanists club can't be banned, rules judge
Schools in Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania can't ban After School Satan Clubs, a judge ruled. The school district tried to stop the meetings from taking place, citing safety concerns after someone called...
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ALL THE GUNS" in public seating of Tennessee legislature, says state's attorney general">No first amendment right to hold 8×11-inch signs saying "1 KID > ALL THE...
Tennessee's attorney general has determined that protestors in the Tennessee House have no free speech right to hold up letter-size signs calling for gun reform or anything else, an outcome convenient...
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Federal lawsuit filed against Kansas police chief who raided local newspaper
Police raided a smalltown newspaper in Kansas over fears it was about to report the police chief's alleged sex-pest past and a politically-connected restauranteur's drunk-driving conviction. This...
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Judge rules Texas's age-verification law violates First Amendment, in win for...
A Texas law requiring adult websites to verify users' age and compelling them to post anti-porn warnings is "unconstitutional on tis face," a federal judge ruled Thursday, handing a legal win to...
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Florida Nazi arrested
A Florida man who draped Nazi banners from an interstate highway overpass was arrested Tuesday and charged with what Daytona Beach News described as "displaying messages without obtaining permission."...
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Federal judge strikes down Texas's ban on drag shows
Texas banned drag shows, but a Federal judge struck down the law Wednesday because drag shows are protected expression under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In a 56-page ruling, duuuuuuh....
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Supreme Court declines to "open up our Libel law"
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to revisit libel standards Tuesday, leaving the law as it stands after 1964's New York Times v. Sullivan: public figures have to prove intentional lying or reckless...
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