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Free Speech

Apr 2, 2026

Justices uphold family therapist’s free speech rights

                The U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision has held that strict scrutiny analysis applies to a First Amendment challenge to a […]

Mar 23, 2026

SCOTUS sides with street preacher in First Amendment case

            A street preacher’s failure to appeal his conviction for violating a municipal ordinance confining protests or demonstrations within designated areas did not bar him […]

Nov 14, 2025

Silent protester’s crude banner protected under First Amendment

The North Carolina Court of Appeals held that the First Amendment protected a defendant’s silent display of a vulgar banner criticizing a county commissioner during a public board meeting. The […]

Oct 31, 2025

IU adviser sues over firing, claims First Amendment breach

A faculty adviser for Indiana University’s student newspaper filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing his free speech and due process rights were violated when he was fired for refusing to […]

Oct 21, 2025

4th Circuit reverses injunction on city’s noise ordinance

In a challenge to a municipal ordinance that prohibits the use of amplified sound within 150 feet of a medical clinic during its operating hours, a district court prematurely granted […]

Oct 8, 2025

Supreme Court leans toward counselor in conversion therapy case

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears poised to side with a Christian counselor challenging Colorado’s ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy as a First Amendment free speech issue.

The sun shines brightly on Royce Hall on the University of California at Los Angeles campus on Aug. 15, 2024. (Associated Press file)
Sep 18, 2025

UC sues Trump admin over frozen research funds

University of California sues Trump administration, alleging civil rights laws are misused to freeze $1.2B in research funds and curb academic freedom.

Jun 30, 2025

Justices: Texas anti-porn law doesn’t violate free speech

SCOTUS upholds Texas law requiring adult websites to verify users are 18+, ruling it doesn’t violate First Amendment speech protections.

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris shake hands before the start of their Sept. 10 nationally televised debate in Philadelphia. (Associated Press file)
Oct 21, 2024

Balancing business, big decisions at election season

By Stephen Scott Heated political campaign ads dominate the airways. And when something can become that divided, it inevitably runs the risk of bleeding into the workplace. This is true […]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sued the state Elections Board, seeking to be removed from the November ballot.
Sep 4, 2024

RFK Jr. sues to be removed from NC ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential […]

Gov. Maura Healey is one of two Massachusetts officials and a nonprofit official being sued after the state started a campaign urging pregnant women not to seek help from ‘crisis pregnancy centers.’ (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Pregnancy centers sue Massachusetts over campaign

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated […]

A pro-Palestinian marcher demonstrates in front of a line of police May 9 at the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. (Associated Press file)
Aug 9, 2024

Judge dismisses MIT antisemitism lawsuit; Harvard claim advances

BOSTON — A federal lawsuit accusing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of tolerating antisemitism after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel has been dismissed while a similar one against Harvard […]


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