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First Amendment
Interactive Constitution: The meaning of free speech
In this essay from the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution project, Geoffrey R. Stone and Eugene Volokh…
Subpoena threats for news organizations real, but not new
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the Justice Department is looking at an expanded policy to subpoena more news…
Twitter users sue President Trump for First Amendment violations
As promised, a First Amendment group has filed suit in federal court on behalf of a group of Twitter users who were offended after…
West Virginia v. Barnette: The freedom to not pledge allegiance
On June 14, 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that public school students cannot be forced to salute and pledge allegiance to the U.S.…
Can President Trump block people on Twitter?
One legal group says that's a violation of the First Amendment.
The debate over Confederate monuments and how to remember the Civil War
The removal of four public symbols of the Confederacy in New Orleans highlights the crucial difference between history and memory.
Supreme Court eager to decide major religion case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sent a very strong hint that it is eager, maybe even passionately so, to decide one of history’s…
Gorsuch’s first vote could move major case to full court
Newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch gets to cast his first private conference vote later this week, and it could help…
Tinker v. Des Moines: Protecting student free speech
On February 24, 1969, the Supreme Court ruled that students at school retain their First Amendment right to free speech.
Proposed regulations for protests run up against First Amendment concerns
Do proposed laws in several state legislatures violate the Constitution's guarantee of free speech?
