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First Amendment
The First Amendment and restricting professional athlete protests
The current debate over pro sports athletes’ symbolic protests in public arenas touches on some basic First Amendment…
Ex-football coach loses federal appeal over prayer case
A former Washington state public high school football coach has lost his latest court battle over his right to lead prayers on the…
The boundaries of free speech at public colleges
When and where can students and members of the public express their free-speech rights at public universities? These First…
Three Supreme Court cases involving the Ku Klux Klan
Violent public demonstrations involving white supremacists and counter-protesters in Virginia last weekend are driving a lot of…
Interactive Constitution: Right to assemble and petition
In this essay from the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution project, John Inazu and Burt Neuborne explain how…
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.
