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First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson, Jr. explains how the First Amendment doesn’t always protect government workers.
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A controversial speaker is invited to a public university to deliver a speech. Many people exercise their free-speech rights to protest the selection of that speaker. However, some of those
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First Amendment Center legal intern Melemaikalani Moniz lays out what government employees can and can’t post on social media.
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In a report card issued by the First Amendment Center of the Newseum Institute, the First Amendment gets a barely passing grade.
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First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson, Jr. discusses the landmark Supreme Court case that allowed “jailhouse lawyers” to help other inmates with their legal pleadings.
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Individuals often have a First Amendment right to utter profanity, but attorneys are held to higher standards.
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The verdict’s in–there’s no First Amendment right to use helium balloons to attract customers.
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First Amendment Scholar David Hudson Jr. takes a look at the free speech cases on the Court’s docket this term: Lee v. Tam, Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, and Packingham v. North Carolina.
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What level of intent makes someone’s words a true threat? She thinks the Supreme Court should clarify.
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First Amendment Scholar David Hudson takes a look at Supreme Court nominee Judge Gorsuch’s track record on religious liberty, freedom of the press, and free speech.
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