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The Talon
April 4, 2018
I would like to begin by saying that I feel as though this is a very important topic, and one that needs to be thoughtfully pursued within our generation and generations to come. The first amendment has been in existence for 227 years, and as well as the other amendments embedded in our constitution, hasÃâà...
Clarion Project
April 4, 2018
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” — The First Amendment of theÃâà...
Techdirt
April 4, 2018
At the outset, it is necessary to answer a question that affects both the standing and the merits inquiries in this case: what is the First Amendment status of the Internet? And, more particularly, what powers does the government possess to regulate activity on individual websites? The government bases muchÃâà...
MTPR
April 4, 2018
Gersh says Anglin, publisher of the Daily Stormer website, invaded her privacy, intentionally inflicted emotional distress and violated Montana's Anti-Intimidation Act. Anglin is trying to get the case dismissed, saying he was engaged in political speech protected under the First Amendment. To betterÃâà...
The Mass Media
April 2, 2018
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government forÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 2, 2018
Amid the mounting pressure of a looming presidential election, they receive phone calls from high-ranking party officials. They receive bribe offers. They receive threats. But they remain independent, refusing to serve as mouthpieces for the feuding campaign camps, refusing to take the cash that otherÃâà...
Indiana Gazette
April 1, 2018
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host a public forum Thursday on “The First Amendment and the ... A panel will discuss free speech, free press and other First Amendment guarantees in the public sphere from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Hadley UnionÃâà...
Reason (blog)
March 31, 2018
The Trump administration is violating the rule of law in the name of upholding it. Shikha Dalmia| Mar. 30, 2018 10:15 am. ICE Jetta Disco Zuma via NewscomThe undocumented problem in this country is entirely a function of bad immigration policies that scrapped the bracero guest program with Mexico in 1965 and erectedÃâà...
Glens Falls Post-Star
March 30, 2018
Still, before exercising First Amendment rights to assemble and protest, it's important to understand the limits of those rights and the consequences of decisions made on standing up for beliefs, said constitutional attorney Justin Harrison, who works in the legislative department of the New York Civil LibertiesÃâà...
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
March 30, 2018
“For many students the way they are hearing about the first amendment on campus … is through hate speech … insults and degradation,” Nossel said. “Our goal is to reclaim this broader meaning of free speech … and the notion that we can draw a line around some types of anti-democratic speech.”.
Philly.com
March 23, 2018
When I signed up for a “Master Class in Empathy,” I didn't expect it would require me to do something ridiculous in front of Police Commissioner Richard Ross, former Mayor Michael Nutter, and too many big-name CEOs to list here. But the joke was on me and 130 others who were instructed to change ourÃâà...
Baker City Herald
March 23, 2018
Abrams is the renowned constitutional scholar and lawyer who has defended the First Amendment in many high-profile cases. These include the New York Times' 1971 publication of excerpts from the Pentagon Papers — federal documents that detailed the history of America's involvement in the VietnamÃâà...
Crime Report
March 22, 2018
The paper by Tara Melancon, a third-year law student at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA., entitled, “Alexa, Pick An Amendment”: A Comparison of Fourth and First Amendment Protections of Echo Device Data,” asks whether Alexa owners are protected under the First and FourthÃâà...
clearcreekcourant
March 22, 2018
You learned something many of your elders might never grasp: The foundation of our republic rests first and foremost on the First Amendment: speech, assembly, press, religion and petition. It's the reason it's No. 1 on the Bill of Rights.
Weatherford Democrat
March 22, 2018
Maybe not all at the same time, but the erosion of the First Amendment isn't good for anyone. Sure, the results of the Gallup-Knight Foundation survey released this past week, on the views of U.S. college students about whether sensitivity to “diversity and inclusion” is a reason to limit free speech, were justÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
If social media platforms can periodically share their analysis with regulators, it would go a long way towards making them more accountable without endangering the First Amendment. The alternative would be to trust these platforms to fix the problem without any oversight, would be akin to trusting financialÃâà...
Gloucester Daily Times
March 21, 2018
Maybe not all at the same time, but the erosion of the First Amendment isn't good for anyone. Sure, the results of the Gallup-Knight Foundation survey released this past week, on the views of U.S. college students about whether sensitivity to “diversity and inclusion” is a reason to limit free speech, were justÃâà...
FiveThirtyEight
March 20, 2018
Supporters and critics both agree that during his tenure, the court has dramatically expanded the reach of the First Amendment by striking down a wide range of statutes for encroaching on free speech rights. And Roberts has authored more majority opinions on free speech than any other justice during hisÃâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
We filed our brief because focusing on the abortion debate means missing out on the fact that a decision siding with the State of California could upend decades of First Amendment doctrine and threaten everything from the right to have conversations in a doctor's office to the right to use math to criticizeÃâà...
Reason (blog)
March 8, 2018
But it's hard to square the First Amendment with a recent proposal in The New Republic: "Ban Facebook Before Elections." And yes, the headline accurately represents the text: "If fake news truly poses a crisis for democracy," writes Jeet Heer, "then it calls for a radical response. Instead of merely requiringÃâà...
The Statehouse File
March 8, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS—Two hundred student journalists, journalism advisers and more gathered in the south atrium of the Statehouse Wednesday to support the accomplishments of their peers. The Indiana High School Press Association held its annual First Amendment Symposium to honor student journalistsÃâà...
Reason
March 8, 2018
But then, many in the media really do think First Amendment law should be unequal. That was precisely the case before the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, when campaign-finance law carved out an exception for media corporations so they could speak freely about politics when others couldÃâà...
Reason
March 7, 2018
In the last few years, the agency has lost several cases in which federal courts have held that giving doctors truthful information about off-label uses is protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. And while prosecutors have continued to drag drug makers to court, new leadership at the FDA hasÃâà...
RU Daily Targum
March 7, 2018
Yesterday Rutgers hosted John Villasenor, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at UCLA, to discuss his research on college students' views of the First Amendment and participate in a discussion on free speech. Villasenor conducted a national survey of 1,500 current undergraduateÃâà...
The Nation.
March 7, 2018
Tinker established that, as Justice Abe Fortas wrote in the decision, students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” fortifying students' First Amendment rights in a public-school setting. Notably, the ACLU represented the students involved inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 12, 2018
Seemingly disparate, and unrelated to flag-burning, book-banning or other common notions of challenges to free expression, the cases are nonetheless linked by a significant trend: Conservative groups using the First Amendment to force Supreme Court rulings on contentious political and cultural issues.
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
December 31, 1999
“For many students the way they are hearing about the first amendment on campus … is through hate speech … insults and degradation,” Nossel said. “Our goal is to reclaim this broader meaning of free speech … and the notion that we can draw a line around some types of anti-democratic speech.”.
EFF
December 31, 1999
In a big win for free speech, the California Court of Appeal has rejected Olivia de Havilland's right of publicity and false light claims against FX. The court's ruling [PDF] explains that the First Amendment protects creative works about celebrities whether the work in question is fact, fiction, or a combination ofÃâà...
Slate Magazine
December 31, 1999
Justice Robert Jackson's opinion that such coercion violated the students' First Amendment rights was a paean to freedom: “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics … or force citizens to confess … their faithÃâà...
