Inside the First Amendment
First Five Newsletter: October 17, 2019
Facebook’s political advertisement policies, assaulting journalists a federal crime and more.
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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’ Commentary on First Amendment Issues Returns to Weekly Distribution
The “First Five” weekly column replaces the commentary known as “Inside the First Amendment,” written by various Institute staff since the mid-1990s.
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News — Can We Own It? Should We Be Able To?
Information about the world around us is a right, a public good — and also a product.
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The Ripple Effects of the Government Shutdown — Why We Should be More Civil to our Civil Servants
How’s our economy doing? Are the Trump tariffs actually working? Is it a good time to buy a house, start a business or invest in the stock market? No one knows.
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Note to White House: You Don’t Get to Decide the “Rules,” Either
Even as the White House restored the “hard pass” to CNN’s Jim Acosta, permitting him onto White House grounds, it promulgated some new, unrealistic rules for journalists.
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You Think Bombs Will Deter, Discourage and Destroy Freedom? Think Again.
If you think this latest round of attacks, as dangerous and sad and reprehensible as it is, will quiet a free people, guess again.
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We Should Protest Proposed Restrictions on White House Protests
The National Park Service has proposed new regulations and is considering new fees that thousands fear will dissuade most demonstrators from protesting at the White House.
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The Whereabouts of Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Should Concern Us All
Where is Jamal Khashoggi? In the name of press freedom and what it means to us as citizens of the United States, we not only expect an answer, we demand it.
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