The Supreme Court on Monday said no thanks to taking up a debate over the right of the Catholic church to post religious advertisements on the side of Washington buses, but Justice Neil Gorsuch warned the local transit agency to tread carefully on the First Amendment.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit sided late Friday with an atheist group that sued Texas after the state removed its nativity scene promoting the separation of church and state.
Read moreA court cannot decide the validity of a religion’s beliefs, a federal judge said Tuesday in dismissing a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a disenchanted former church member.
Read moreAs California courts scramble to comply with a statewide shelter-in-place order, First Amendment advocates and press groups are asking Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to ensure that the media and public can still cover court hearings, which are ongoing, and review new court records, which continue to be filed.
Read more
A federal judge refused Tuesday to dismiss a literary advocacy group’s First Amendment claims over President Donald Trump’s threats to retaliate against critical media coverage by revoking White House press credentials.
Read moreA national advocate for free speech on college campuses dropped its lawsuit against Iowa State University’s sidewalk chalking ban and other limits on political expression after the university agreed to permanently change its policies regulating student speech on campus.
Read moreFive people sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles in federal court, claiming it violated the First Amendment by refusing to issue them vanity license plates, including QUEER, BO11LUX and SLAAYRR.
Read moreAs a series of judicial opinions lifts the fog of pretext, it becomes apparent that court clerks can put in place an electronic inbox that functions precisely as the old wood box on the clerk’s counter used to work, allowing reporters to see new court filings the day they are received.
Read moreUnder oath, in the witness chair, I had to explain one of the most subtle notions about the news: that it soon vanishes.
Read moreA group of landlords and a conservative election watchdog group in Minnesota’s Twin Cities prevailed Monday in their challenge against two city ordinances that required them to provide voter registration information to their tenants.
Read more
An attorney for a First Amendment group argued before a Seventh Circuit panel Thursday that the University of Illinois is stifling free speech on its campus through a set of restrictive policies and investigation procedures.
Read more
YouTube is not bound by the First Amendment, its lofty statements about embracing free speech notwithstanding, the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday, in a long-awaited ruling on Prager University’s challenge to the platform’s suppression of its videos.
Read moreA sweeping opinion saying the press is entitled under the First Amendment to see new civil complaints on the day they are filed was based on a four-day trial that included testimony on the tradition of access in American courts.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit brought against the city of Charlottesville by a “Unite the Right” organizer who claimed city officials violated his First Amendment rights.
Read moreOver four days of trial earlier this month, Virginia court clerks used public funds and private attorneys to fight tooth and nail against public access. They wound up with a thumping defeat last week, as a federal judge’s opinion affirmed the First Amendment right to see new court complaints on the day they are filed.
Read moreA free hotline used by immigrants held in detention facilities to connect them with legal resources or family members was ordered to be restored by a Los Angeles federal judge after federal officials blocked a nonprofit from operating the service.
Read moreJournalist Abby Martin sued the University System of Georgia and the president of Georgia Southern University in federal court, claiming they unconstitutionally conditioned an invitation to speak at an academic conference on her agreeing in writing to abandon her speech about the rights of Palestinians.
Read moreHas the arrival of electronic technology in America’s courts brought sunshine or shade? A federal judge asked me about it during a four-day trial.
Read more