Inside the First Amendment
When words speak louder than actions
The First Amendment may protect our right to speak freely, but it does have limits.
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No apology needed for good journalism – even when you don’t like it
Harvard’s student government voted to support a petition condemning their student newspaper, for the factual reporting of protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement some weeks ago.
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Freedom of Religion and Worshiping in Texas Prisons Brown v. Collier (2019)
Muslim inmates who were previously allowed to participate in group worship under indirect supervision must now await volunteers to facilitate directly supervised religious gatherings.
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How Not to Protect Religious Freedom: The Strange Case of the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on the Religious Exemption
OFCCP’s proposed rule’s harmful and unnecessary expansion of the existing religious exemption for employers endangers the religious freedom and civil rights of employees across the nation.
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Does the University of Illinois’ Title IX policy violate freedom of the press?
A recent university investigation conducted reviews on the handling of sexual harassment complaints and if their Title IX policy violates the First Amendment.
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From NBA to Trump to our ears and eyes, how free speech works
Other nations may have rules or laws that in some fashion say they protect or really do protect freedom of speech, but none has quite the same strong constitutional protection that we have in the U.S.
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Funny or Not, Speech is Still Free
The joke is on you, because that’s how the First Amendment works.
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Does the First Amendment Protect Speech Made By Artificial Intelligence?
The history of technology and the First Amendment essentially involves our legal system slowly and reluctantly expanding the definition of speech to include new forms of communication.
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First Amendment Freedoms Not Just ‘Office Hours’ or When Convenient
Our First Amendment freedoms don’t keep office hours.
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First Amendment Protections Resilient for Free Speech, Free Press
Any attempts to limit First Amendment rights deserve scrutiny, but clearly run against the core values held by sizeable majorities in an era when such majorities rarely exist.
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