Free Speech
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'Every red flag': School district's gender identity mandate on teachers risks second SCOTUS rebuke
High court overturned Maryland district's no-exceptions policy for LGBTQ "storybooks" a year ago. Legal scholars, states, parental rights activists say no-exceptions pronouns and secrecy policies have same problems.
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Split appeals court upholds firing of educator for displaying Matt Walsh book in office
Democratic nominees claim SCOTUS precedent on coach's post-game prayer doesn't protect personal expression by educators whenever students are present, but ignore potential entrapment by students and critical teacher.
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Lawsuits advance against governor, lawmakers for firing, censoring critics of gender ideology
Appeals court resurrects Wyoming doctor's lawsuit for removal from medical licensing board. SCOTUS petitioned to review same court's refusal to allow challenge to Colorado Legislature's "decorum" rules in public comment.
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Big advertisers sought to mitigate Trump 'contagion' through boycotts: House GOP report
New Judiciary Committee staff report shows copious communications within Global Alliance for Responsible Media and coordination with European, Australian regulators. FTC bans political decisions over ads as merger condition.
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West Virginia University smears Jewish student in defending Muslim-prompted probe: free speech group
University accuses Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression of spreading false information, mischaracterizing accusations against Eliyahu Itkowitz, and asks FIRE to retract its claims to media.
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West Virginia University cracks down on Jewish students to appease Muslims: advocacy group warns
Handing out pro-Israel book got WVU student Eliyahu Itkowitz investigated. UC San Francisco sued for firing medical professor, "Happy Birthday to You" class-action plaintiff who speculated student from Israel committed genocide.
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Judge orders University of Oregon to pay $191,000 to censored conservative professor: lawyers
Portland State University professor Bruce Gilley had sought a symbolic $17.91 from the state flagship for censoring his comment "all men are created equal" in a retweet from its DEI office's X page.
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Is 'Let's Go Brandon' protected by First Amendment in school? Appeals court judges unsure
Trump nominee on 6th Circuit panel grills school district lawyer on why "f--- Joe Biden" euphemism is more offensive than display of Confederate flag in school, explicitly protected by Supreme Court.
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No laughing matter: Brazilian comic sentenced to eight years in prison for jokes deemed ‘bigoted’
Lawyers for comedian Léo Lins say conviction and sentence a threat to free speech and criminalize humor.
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Christian satirists sue Hawaii for criminalizing 'deceptive' election memes, after Calif. and Minn.
California laws targeted by Babylon Bee, Rumble, parodists and Elon Musk's X, blocked prior to Election Day, limp along in court as motions for summary judgment filed. Survey finds registered voters wary of regulation.
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Oregon's ban on Project Veritas reporting unites pro-life, animal rights, farm groups at SCOTUS
While farm groups disagree with Project Veritas on the merits, "the petition squarely presents a question of great importance" to their members and appeals courts are even contradicting themselves, farm groups tell high court.
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In DEI mandate lawsuit, California colleges won't promise to protect conservative faculty speech
At 9th Circuit hearing, community college system and local district are wary of disavowing they'll enforce policies against outspoken history professor after firing his colleague in yearslong battle between conservatives, progressives.
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Vermont backs off pro-life pregnancy centers to end suit, Illinois centers petition appeals court
Green Mountain State lawmakers eliminate "limited-services pregnancy centers" from deceptive advertising law after federal judge largely sided with pro-lifers a year ago. Ruling upholding abortion referral mandate is "paradoxical."