First Amendment
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Education
Collective punishment at the University of Tennessee
Ironically, if the University of Tennessee had singled out the two students who wore blackface for such mandatory training, courts…
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Media
Socialist privilege? AOC violates First Amendment, blocks conservative blogger on Twitter
So, what’s the difference between President Trump’s account and the one used by Ocasio-Cortez? Except for the fact that one…
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Education
AAUP official attacks academic freedom
The First Amendment guarantees ‘freedom of speech,’ not freedom ‘from’ speech. The AAUP seems to have forgotten this, in its…
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Politics
Chick-fil-A banished from Buffalo airport
Chick-fil-A has a record of treating customers (and employees) well. There are restaurant chains that have lots of lawsuits filed…
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Law and Government
San Antonio violates Chick-fil-A’s First Amendment rights
Chick-fil-A treats its customers well, rather than treating gay customers as not 'welcome.' It does not have a history of…
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Law and Government
Images of weapons are free speech, not violence
Orange Coast College doesn't care about the First Amendment. It banned Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) from displaying a banner…
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Media
So long, First Amendment: Far-left think tank demands next Dem in WH dismantle Fox News
If you can't beat 'em, silence 'em. That has become increasingly the rallying cry on college campuses and newsrooms throughout…
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Media
Why CNN’s John King thinks Karen Pence should be denied Secret Service protection
CNN’s John King just raised the question of whether Second Lady Karen Pence should be denied Secret Service protection, and…
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Law and Government
Anti-communist fliers treated as possible hate crime by Seattle police
Fliers bearing an anti-communist message were found in Seattle and are being investigated as a possible bias crime by Seattle…
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Law and Government
Ted Lieu: I would happily control speech if weren’t for that pesky First Amendment
A socialist can dream. A day earlier Lieu confessed on Twitter that he would like to have the power to…
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Media
Fox News misses mark by siding with CNN, Acosta: Viewers speak out
Ultimately, this has nothing to do with any alleged animosity between Trump and the idea of a free press. It’s…
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Media
Jim Acosta sues Trump, claiming president has damaged his ‘future career prospects’
Ultimately, the case will come down to whether Acosta was being single out because of the content of his speech or…
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Law and Government
New York Governor violated First Amendment through political harassment
Days after I and a colleague at the Competitive Enterprise Institute criticized multistate investigations of Exxon by New York State…
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Law and Government
Protesters accused Trump of inciting a riot against them; what the court ruled
'The notion that Trump’s direction to remove a handful of disruptive protesters from among hundreds or thousands in attendance could…
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Law and Government
Faith wins: ‘In God We Trust’ survives court challenge by atheists
President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law making the phrase ‘In God We Trust’ the national motto in 1956.
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Law and Government
Free press-loving Bill de Blasio has reporter hauled away by security for asking tough question
Bill de Blasio is decidedy a man that does not support the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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Law and Government
Dem senator tweets out, ‘Survival of our democracy depends’ on censorship by big tech
Naturally, Murphy's recommendation didn’t sit well with those who support the idea of free speech, something guaranteed by the First…
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Education
Leftists throw tantrum over ruling in favor of academic freedom
It is hypocritical of any left-wing journalist to justify censorship based on nasty emails in response to speech. Left-leaning journalists…
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Education
Association of university profs wrong to condone censorship
The AAUP criticizes campus free-speech legislation because it would disproportionately benefit conservatives, who are often subjected to campus censorship.
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Politics
So public officials can’t block users from their Twitter accounts, huh? What about these public officials?
The intent seems benevolent, but Facebook's supposed search for intellectual "purity" seems to be getting out of hand. Does Judge Buchwald want…
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Media
Federal judge rules Trump can’t block users on Twitter
The ruling, which may be read in its entirety here, doesn't go into details about the nature of the "opinions"…
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Media
Revenge porn and the tricky, delicate balance between freedom of speech and privacy
How society deals with the balance between the First Amendment and personal privacy will test the priorities of the American…
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Religion
Now Google is telling a 150-year-old Christian publisher its ads can’t refer to Jesus or the Bible
It’s no secret that society is becoming increasingly hostile to the Christian faith. This increasing hostility makes our mission of…
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Politics
Far-left journos, Democratic Socialists chase Milo Yiannopoulos out of NYC bar: ‘Nazi scum get out!’
I was just shoved and screamed at by a big group in a pub in Manhattan and forced out of…
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Education
Texas college bans Jewish group from setting foot on campus
Students for Justice in Palestine is funded by American Muslims for Palestine, which was founded by individuals who donated $12.4…
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Law and Government
The question that stumped Mark Zuckerberg shows the danger of Facebook going unchecked
If Facebook's CEO can't define hate speech, he's hardly in a position to serve as the nation's top "speech cop.
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Education
Student kicked out of Christian theology class for challenging transgenderism wins appeal
IUP president Michael Driscoll sent an email to the student body Monday saying that he was disappointed in the university…
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Law and Government
NLRB lawyer creates legal conflicts in bad advice about Damore retaliation claim
Its logic, if accepted by courts, would create a conflict between the First Amendment and protections against harassment, and undermine…
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Education
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Law and Government
Wedding cakes and cell phone towers on the SCOTUS dockets for December
The U.S. Supreme Court’s December sitting will feature cases concerning the First Amendment and religious liberty and a challenge to…
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Education
University refuses to ban symbols of hate; liberals react by going ballistic
'The hate crime statute in Maryland is predicated on crime occurrence, it begins with criminal misconduct,'
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Law and Government
Judge overlooks precedent in declaring ‘retaliatory’ speech unprotected
The ruling contains the erroneous claim that the First Amendment does not limit employer liability for "retaliation."
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Education
Senate Democrats demand crackdown on campus speech
Saying "Build the Wall" is protected speech under the First Amendment. It may offend Hispanics (or liberals), but that doesn't…
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Politics
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Law and Government
