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The U.S. constitutional amendment protecting speech, religion, press, and assembly.

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ReportingJun 27, 2025Read →

Texas Law Aimed At Blocking Kids From Online Pornography Upheld By Supreme Court

In a 6–3 decision split along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for online access to pornographic material. The law is one of many across nearly half the states…

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ReportingApr 9, 2025Read →

Judge Rules In AP’s Favor Over White House Access

The Associated Press scored a win Tuesday after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot limit the organization’s access in covering the White House. According to The Hill , U.S. District Judge Trevor…

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OpinionMay 1, 2024Read →

Instantly Iconic: NYPD Tears Down Palestinian Flag After Taking Back Campus, Raises American Flag

Suffice to say, the pro-Palestinian protests erupting on college campuses have gone from merely irritating to genuinely threatening. Specifically, the protests that have plagued the colleges in New York City have…

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ReportingApr 10, 2024Read →

Judge Hands Trump Big Loss in Massive Hush Money Trial

Former President Donald Trump lost an appeal Tuesday of a gag order in the New York criminal trial against him slated to begin next week. Associate Justice Cynthia Kern, of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of…

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ReportingMar 19, 2024Read →

Justice Jackson Tells GOP Officials: Your View of First Amendment Is ‘Hamstringing the Government’

Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson voiced concerns during oral arguments Monday in a case involving social media censorship that taking too broad a view of the First Amendment could mean “hamstringing the…

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ReportingMar 17, 2024Read →

FBI Ordered to Turn Over Covenant School Shooter’s Manifesto for Judicial Review

A federal judge mandated on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation must hand over all documents concerning Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the perpetrator of the Covenant School shooting, including her manifesto , for a…

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ReportingMar 14, 2024Read →

Rand Paul, Tucker Carlson, and Others Warn of ‘Trojan Horse’ TikTok Ban; Claim It Could Do Damage to First Amendment

A number of influential conservatives warned a bill that could ultimately ban the social media app TikTok in the U.S. could have unintended consequences after it was passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday…

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ReportingFeb 29, 2024Read →

MSNBC Legal Analysis Argues for ‘Common Sense’ Speech Restrictions Live on Air

A legal analyst at MSNBC argued earlier this week that there is a need for “common sense” restrictions to the First Amendment to prevent “disinformation” online. The comments from University of Michigan law professor…

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ReportingDec 17, 2023Read →

1A Win: Liberal City to Pay 6-Figure Settlement to Farmer Who Refused to Host Gay Weddings

An effort to ban a Catholic farmer from a farmers market because he would not host same-sex weddings on his property backfired big time for East Lansing, Michigan. In a settlement released Friday, U.S. District Court…

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OpinionDec 5, 2023Read →

White House Threatens to Ban African Journalist From Press Events: We ‘Warned You’

The Biden White House will not tolerate disruptions during Propaganda Hour, otherwise known as the daily press briefing. Monday on the social media platform X, journalist Simon Ateba of Today News Africa posted the full…

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ReportingDec 1, 2023Read →

KJP Abruptly Ends Press Briefing Without Taking One Question When African Reporter Won’t Play by Her Rules

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre promptly ended a news briefing Thursday after refusing to take reporter Simon Ateba’s question. Ateba is a Cameroonian journalist and the publisher of Today News Africa …

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ReportingNov 29, 2023Read →

Biden DOJ Collects List of Every Person Who Followed, Retweeted or Mentioned Donald Trump on Twitter

Court documents released Monday by the Justice Department show that special counsel Jack Smith successfully obtained access to everyone who liked, retweeted or mentioned Donald Trump on Twitter, now known as X. The…

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OpinionNov 19, 2023Read →

Democratic Governor Announces State Has ‘Ramped Up’ Social Media ‘Surveillance Efforts,’ Will ‘Reach Out’ to Violators

New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul has pledged to launch a massive surveillance program to attack those on social media and online who she claims are perpetrating “hate crimes” and will also “reach out” to…

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ReportingOct 30, 2023Read →

Trump Goes Nuclear After Federal Judge Reimposes Gag Order: ‘It Will Not Stand!’

Former President Donald Trump did not let the reimposition of a gag order in his federal election interference trail stop him from speaking his mind. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday issued her decision that…

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ReportingOct 25, 2023Read →

ACLU Begrudgingly Sides With Trump in Federal Court in Rare Move

The left-wing American Civil Liberties Union is outraged at just about everything former President Donald Trump says, but it supports his freedom to say it. The ACLU has filed a brief opposing the gag order imposed on…

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OpinionOct 23, 2023Read →

Supreme Court to Hear Monumental Case That Will Set Precedent on Government Suppression of Free Speech on Social Media

In a decision that conservatives are mostly applauding, the Supreme Court will hear a case that will set a precedent on how far the government can go in suppressing free speech on social media. On Friday, the nation’s…

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ReportingSep 19, 2023Read →

Man Ticketed 7 Times for Flying Anti-Biden Flag Scores Huge Victory Over Town

A man who was repeatedly ticketed for flying flags from his pickup truck that were aimed at President Joe Biden and his voters has won a big cash settlement with a Louisiana resort town. The flags were deemed vulgar —…

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ReportingSep 16, 2023Read →

Video: O’Keefe Threatened with Arrest While Getting Hidden-Camera Footage of Maui

The O’Keefe Media Group has filed a lawsuit against Hawaii’s Democratic Gov. Josh Green and the County of Maui following an incident where the group’s founder, James O’Keefe, was threatened with arrest while attempting…

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ReportingSep 10, 2023Read →

Appeals Court Affirms Biden Likely Violated First Amendment While ‘Suppressing’ Information on Social Media

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans has ruled on Friday that the Biden administration may have run afoul of the First Amendment in its efforts to exert pressure on social media platforms…

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ReportingSep 6, 2023Read →

Free Speech Watchdogs: Musk’s X May Be Shifting Toward Strict Censorship Ahead of Election

Some of Elon Musk’s new policies for the social media platform now known as X have critics fearing it will return to Twitter’s censorious past, especially as the 2024 presidential election approaches. Aaron Terr…

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