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These Two States Are Pushing Laws to Criminalize Some Protests
In the expressed interest of protecting critical infrastructure, these laws are designed to prevent protests that take place on or even near infrastructure sites.
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Students Made Noise and Put the Best of the First Amendment on Display
Thousands of people and Newseum visitors put their First Amendment freedoms in action during the March for Our Lives weekend.
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Podcast: Censoring Student Journalists
Does freedom of the press apply to high school students? Lata Nott interviews two student journalists about their fight to publish a story their school censored.
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Podcast: The First Amendment and Symbolic Speech
Expressive acts, like kneeling during the national anthem or burning the American flag, are considered “symbolic speech” — but are they protected under the First Amendment?
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Patriotism, respect for flag cannot be ‘ordered’
This weekend’s Take a Knee controversy brings to mind failed efforts from our past to mandate patriotism.
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Christopher Eckhardt left his mark as student-speech litigant
Christopher Eckhardt left a lasting legacy in First Amendment law as one of the three student litigants who prevailed in their landmark 1969 free-speech battle before the U.S. Supreme Court
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