Free Speech
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Kansas City argues it can force Christians to counsel gay married couples without violating SCOTUS
Eighth Circuit panel seems surprised by city's argument that SCOTUS ruling against "conversion therapy" ban doesn't affect its public accommodation law, which requires counselors to see gay couples but not endorse their marriage.
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Governments pay hefty settlements for threatening, jailing people who share political memes
Hawaii Legislature must approve $118,000 payment to Babylon Bee, activist who blocked ban on "materially deceptive" election content. Tennessee county pays $835,000 to ex-cop jailed for meme response to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
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SEC suddenly scraps 55-year settlement censorship policy, as SCOTUS mulls First Amendment challenge
With pending deadline to respond to SCOTUS petition, agency chair now agrees that government criticism "is an important part of the American tradition." SEC claim that it doesn't threaten muzzle-breakers undermined by its history.
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From Detroit to Times Square, politicians seek to censor the wrong speech in the wrong place
Detroit passed "buffer zone" around abortion clinics after its lawyer botched SCOTUS precedent, suit says. New York bills would create "series of First Amendment dead zones," Gov. Hochul wants to ban protests that "alarm and annoy."
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Pro-lifers defeat abortion clinic 'buffer zone' law, as other municipal speech bans face lawsuits
Free speech group warns city about vague ban on pamphleting, library sued for banning religious group
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First Amendment protects elementary school students, appeals court says in 'All Lives Matter' case
With 9th Circuit ordering a trial in lawsuit against principal for allegedly punishing first-grader for giving classmate a drawing, appeals courts covering half the states now recognize First Amendment rights at young ages.
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'Kangaroo court' tribunal fines school board member $750,000 for opposing gender ideology
Human Rights Tribunal orders Barry Neufeld to pay LGBTQ-identified educators for "injury to their dignity, feelings, and self-respect," prompting petition by would-be Conservative leader. Gender-critical nurse kicked out of her union.
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Cops arrest preacher after crowd assaults him for anti-LGBTQ sign, he appeals judge who approved it
President George W. Bush nominee claimed "heckler's veto doctrine" doesn't exist, told jury that censorship motivated by desire to "promote public order" doesn't violate First Amendment, appeals court hears.
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School district pays $650,000 to Christian teacher fired for refusing preferred pronouns: lawyers
New SCOTUS precedent on religious accommodations revived John Kluge's Title VII lawsuit against Indiana school district, prompting settlement before trial this spring.
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Judge bans college from punishing professor for criticizing DEI, 'cultural Marxism'
California's Bakersfield College can require Daymon Johnson to complete DEI training required for faculty screening committees, however, Biden-nominee judge says.
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Penn State forces faculty to become DEI zealots to get promoted, wine scientist's lawsuit says
University's promotion review committee denied enologist Molly Kelly because she only "checked the box" for DEI by doing outreach to insufficiently diverse groups, showing its unconstitutional "ideological demands," she says.
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State appeals court neuters Arizona ban on forced DEI training, professor appeals to high court
Arizona Supreme Court must affirm that victims of forced training can sue, restoring decades of state precedent on "implied private right of action" that is broader than federal case law, professor says.
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Judge overturns Hawaii's criminalization of 'deceptive' election memes as broad, vague and biased
"The breadth of Act 191’s scope is palpable," covering "political satire, parody, commentary, and content that merely references a candidate 'by implication,'" Biden nominee says in ruling for Babylon Bee and local satirist.