First Five
The First Amendment protects five core freedoms that are under attack every day — from the left, the right, and everywhere in between. First Five strives to foster interest in First Amendment news and provide a platform for discussion among enthusiasts and activists.
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First Five provides your weekly dose of First Amendment news. This quick read summarizes major news, law, scholarship, technology and other commentary as it relates to First Amendment topics.
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Hosts Lata Nott and Freedom Forum Institute president Gene Policinski talk to the personalities in the news around cutting-edge issues and challenges to the First Amendment, providing first-hand insight and informative inquiry.
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Enjoy regular commentary on First Amendment issues from Gene Policinski and Lata Nott and periodic contributions by other experts at the Institute.
First Five Newsletter: October 17, 2019
Facebook’s political advertisement policies, assaulting journalists a federal crime and more.
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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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First Five Newsletter: October 10, 2019
Honoring religious identity, National Newspaper Week, upcoming Religious Freedom Center programs and more
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Protecting Religious Freedom Has a Domino Effect
The recent death of a turbaned Sikh law enforcement officer sparks conversation over the fact that some members of minority religious communities are still forced to decide between serving their country and honoring their religious identities.
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First Five Newsletter: October 3, 2019
Comedy and free speech, religious freedom and LGBTQ rights in the courts, First Amendment commentary by Donald Trump Jr. and more.
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First Five Newsletter: September 26, 2019
Student’s free speech rights, Facebook’s Supreme Court, fighting online extremism and more.
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First Five Newsletter: September 19, 2019
First Amendment protecting artificial intelligence, identity protection, religious freedom events and more!
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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 Five Newsletter: September 12, 2019
Restricted First Amendment freedoms, Snapchat’s 2020 debate accounts, cancel culture and more.
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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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